Plomion

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02608

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 27.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plomion (INSEE 02608) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 432 (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/02608-plomion

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,943 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.32	10	3.2
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GABIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CORINNE LEISINGER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PLOMION AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, 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)	1	GABIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	CORINNE LEISINGER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	PLOMION AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 681 2023: 432 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 463 (2012) → 432 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 527 (1990) → 432 (2023): -18 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 281, of which 10.3 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 7.9 km NWPharmacy — 8.5 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 (Vervins): 7.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plomion): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Plomion): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vervins): 8.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Plomion): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.6

Days at or below 0 °C 60.6

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FONTAINE-VV MAN weather station, 10.4 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 176 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at FONTAINE-LES-VV, 10.6 km away at 186 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-CLEMENT, 5.4 km away at 201 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02608/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02608/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02608/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02608/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02789
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02608
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
Soulaines-Dhuys	10	168 km S	420	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sulpice	58	310 km S	418	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Houlette	16	550 km SW	398	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Parennes	72	360 km SW	444	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Lerm-et-Musset	33	686 km SW	504	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Plancard	31	783 km S	398	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Soulaines-Dhuys	10	168 km S	420	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sulpice	58	310 km S	418	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Parennes	72	360 km SW	444	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Houlette	16	550 km SW	398	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Lerm-et-Musset	33	686 km SW	504	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Plancard	31	783 km S	398	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Plomion'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
Cuchery	51	77 km S	412	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Machault	08	61 km SE	482	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villequiers	18	317 km S	437	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Is-en-Bassigny	52	223 km SE	530	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont-en-Argonne	08	81 km E	415	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Neuville-au-Pont	51	97 km SE	463	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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