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Pargny-et-Filain

Aisne · CC du Val de l'Aisne · INSEE 02589

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

Few services 24.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pargny-et-Filain (INSEE 02589) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Val de l'Aisne. Population 367 (2023). [1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 1 former commune: Filain (02311). [3]

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/02589-pargny-et-filain

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 18,049 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.81108.11
Housing mix0.8654.31

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. [4,5]

2 × Restaurant (MA BELLE PROVENCE · YUMMY KITCHEN). [4,5]

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. [4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant2MA BELLE PROVENCE · YUMMY KITCHENINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 231 peak 2017: 388 2023: 367 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 378 (2012) → 367 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 280 (1990) → 367 (2023): 31.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 174, of which 6.9 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.5 km NW (Chavignon)Primary school — 2.6 km NW (Chavignon)Bakery — 3.0 km N (Urcel)GP — 3.0 km N (Urcel)Pharmacy — 3.0 km N (Urcel)
Food shop — 2.5 km NWPrimary school — 2.6 km NWBakery — 3.0 km NGP — 3.0 km NPharmacy — 3.0 km N 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 (Urcel): 3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Chavignon): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

GP (Urcel): 3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Urcel): 3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Chavignon): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the VAILLY-SUR-AISN weather station, 6.1 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 84 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at BRAINE, 12.7 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. [11]

An average of 808 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at OSTEL, 3.4 km away at 162 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02589/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02589/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02589/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02589/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02755
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02174
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Mosles14316 km W36826Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Charmes03377 km S36919.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Camprond50357 km W37419.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Morvillers-Saint-Saturnin80129 km W37217.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Val-d'Auzon10135 km SE35619.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Huberville50360 km W36128.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Morvillers-Saint-Saturnin80129 km W37217.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Val-d'Auzon10135 km SE35619.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Mosles14316 km W36826Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Camprond50357 km W37419.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Huberville50360 km W36128.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Charmes03377 km S36919.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Pargny-et-Filain'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
Val-d'Auzon10135 km SE35619.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Villeroy89146 km S38424.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Villegats27160 km W36025.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Billy-sous-Mangiennes55148 km E34918.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Boursault5150 km SE39316.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rouvroy-sur-Marne52170 km SE37120.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %