Pernant

Aisne · CC Retz en Valois · INSEE 02598

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

No daily shops 19.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pernant (INSEE 02598) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Retz en Valois. Population 682 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 19.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 16,506 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.6	10	5.98
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 345 peak 2012: 703 2023: 682 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 703 (2012) → 682 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 621 (1990) → 682 (2023): 9.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 306, of which 3.6 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.0 km EBakery — 3.2 km NEPharmacy — 3.7 km WFood shop — 4.6 km E 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 (Pommiers): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mercin-et-Vaux): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mercin-et-Vaux): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ambleny): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Pernant): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 46.9

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TAILLEFONTAINE weather station, 15.7 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 60 m. ^[12]

The village sits 80 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

An average of 734 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SOISSONS, 5.6 km away at 40 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02598/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02598/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02598/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02598/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02610
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02477
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02011
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02598
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
Averdon	41	236 km SW	677	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 96 %
Anglesqueville-l'Esneval	76	219 km W	678	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Waast	59	109 km N	686	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Petosse	85	446 km SW	688	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Gabaston	64	719 km SW	673	20.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 64 %
Auffreville-Brasseuil	78	121 km SW	671	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Waast	59	109 km N	686	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Auffreville-Brasseuil	78	121 km SW	671	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Anglesqueville-l'Esneval	76	219 km W	678	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 84 %
Averdon	41	236 km SW	677	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 96 %
Petosse	85	446 km SW	688	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Gabaston	64	719 km SW	673	20.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 64 %

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