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Parfondeval

Aisne · CC des Portes de la Thiérache · INSEE 02586

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

No daily shops 13.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Parfondeval (INSEE 02586) is in Aisne (02), part of CC des Portes de la Thiérache. Population 143 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]

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

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/02586-parfondeval

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 13,700 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.31103.08
Housing mix0.3851.92

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 (LE RELAIS DE LA CHOUETTE). [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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE RELAIS DE LA CHOUETTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 226 2023: 143 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 145 (2012) → 143 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 177 (1990) → 143 (2023): -19.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 107, of which 30.8 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.6 km NE (Brunehamel)Food shop — 3.7 km NE (Brunehamel)Pharmacy — 3.7 km NE (Brunehamel)Primary school — 3.8 km NE (Brunehamel)GP — 3.8 km NE (Brunehamel)
Bakery — 3.6 km NEFood shop — 3.7 km NEPharmacy — 3.7 km NEPrimary school — 3.8 km NEGP — 3.8 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 (Brunehamel): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Brunehamel): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Brunehamel): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Brunehamel): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Brunehamel): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the AUBENTON weather station, 11 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 225 m. [9]

An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ST-CLEMENT, 7.3 km away at 201 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02586/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02586/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02586/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02586/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02126
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Naves03404 km S14620.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 53 %
Rimplas06670 km S15624Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 45 %
Lafare84626 km S13021.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 69 %
Massoins06683 km S13813.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 15 %
Mailly71391 km S14818No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Lacave09783 km S12817.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mailly71391 km S14818No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Naves03404 km S14620.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 53 %
Lafare84626 km S13021.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 69 %
Rimplas06670 km S15624Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 45 %
Massoins06683 km S13813.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 15 %
Lacave09783 km S12817.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 57 %

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