Papleux

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02584

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 22.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Papleux (INSEE 02584) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 114 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 11,753 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.75	10	7.53
Housing mix	1	5	5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 104 peak 2017: 128 2023: 114 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 108 (2012) → 114 (2023): 5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 91 (1990) → 114 (2023): 25.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 46, of which 0 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.3 km NFood shop — 3.2 km SEGP — 5.3 km NEPharmacy — 5.3 km NEBakery — 5.5 km NE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Étrœungt): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Flamengrie): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Étrœungt): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Étrœungt): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Floyon): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.3

Days at or below 0 °C 69.3

Muggy days a summer 1

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NOUVION-EN-T weather station, 7.8 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 201 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CLAIRFONTAINE, 8.5 km away at 225 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,003 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BUIRONFOSSE, 7.4 km away at 208 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02584/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02584/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02584/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02584/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59218
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02312
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59241
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Abaucourt-Hautecourt	55	150 km SE	101	18	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Colombe	17	612 km SW	113	17.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 57 %
Séligné	79	531 km SW	110	15.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
They-sous-Montfort	88	251 km SE	121	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Aougny	51	94 km S	103	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Abitain	64	822 km SW	120	17.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aougny	51	94 km S	103	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Abaucourt-Hautecourt	55	150 km SE	101	18	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
They-sous-Montfort	88	251 km SE	121	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Séligné	79	531 km SW	110	15.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Sainte-Colombe	17	612 km SW	113	17.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 57 %
Abitain	64	822 km SW	120	17.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Papleux's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
They-sous-Montfort	88	251 km SE	121	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Aougny	51	94 km S	103	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mesmin	21	303 km S	109	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lierval	02	63 km S	117	12	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Euilly-et-Lombut	08	99 km SE	119	10.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bousseviller	57	277 km E	114	8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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