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Parfondru

Aisne · CA du Pays de Laon · INSEE 02587

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 13.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Parfondru (INSEE 02587) is in Aisne (02), part of CA du Pays de Laon. Population 353 (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/02587-parfondru

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 18,024 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.67106.65
Housing mix0.9454.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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 1 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 234 2023: 353 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 352 (2012) → 353 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 303 (1990) → 353 (2023): 16.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 166, of which 3 % second homes and 3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 3.0 km W (Bruyères-et-Montbérault)Primary school — 3.3 km E (Festieux)Food shop — 3.4 km W (Bruyères-et-Montbérault)Pharmacy — 3.4 km W (Bruyères-et-Montbérault)Bakery — 4.0 km W (Bruyères-et-Montbérault)
GP — 3.0 km WPrimary school — 3.3 km EFood shop — 3.4 km WPharmacy — 3.4 km WBakery — 4.0 km W 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 (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Festieux): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

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 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MARTIGNY-COURPI weather station, 4.9 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 89 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 10.5 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MARTIGNY-COURPI, 4.9 km away at 95 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02587/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02587/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02587/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02587/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02128
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02309
  10. 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
Angeot90317 km SE35416.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Murles34649 km S35317.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Ancourteville-sur-Héricourt76221 km W35417.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Condé-sur-Aisne0223 km SW35212.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Largitzen68337 km SE35215.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Le Thour0828 km E35711.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Condé-sur-Aisne0223 km SW35212.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Le Thour0828 km E35711.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 %
Ancourteville-sur-Héricourt76221 km W35417.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Angeot90317 km SE35416.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Largitzen68337 km SE35215.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Murles34649 km S35317.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Parfondru'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Marceau0876 km E35710No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-sur-Suippe5132 km SE35617.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Annois0244 km NW34910.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Remigny0237 km NW33910.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vilsberg57271 km E34810No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mandeville27198 km W35616.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %