Presles-et-Thierny

Aisne · CA du Pays de Laon · INSEE 02621

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

Few services 21.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Presles-et-Thierny (INSEE 02621) is in Aisne (02), part of CA du Pays de Laon. Population 401 (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 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 17,999 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	0.73	10	7.34
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

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 ELEMENTAIRE). ^[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 ELEMENTAIRE	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: 279 2023: 401 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 399 (2012) → 401 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 325 (1990) → 401 (2023): 23.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 191, of which 3.1 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km NEGP — 3.2 km NEPharmacy — 3.2 km NEFood shop — 3.3 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 (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Presles-et-Thierny): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 61.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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, 5.7 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 79 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 9.5 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, 5.7 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02621/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02621/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02621/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02621/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02621
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
Lespesses	62	145 km NW	402	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Escoire	24	522 km SW	401	20	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Deuxville	54	229 km SE	400	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villereau	45	200 km SW	407	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Achy	60	119 km W	408	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Prunay-le-Temple	78	159 km SW	409	24.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Achy	60	119 km W	408	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lespesses	62	145 km NW	402	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Prunay-le-Temple	78	159 km SW	409	24.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Villereau	45	200 km SW	407	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Deuxville	54	229 km SE	400	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Escoire	24	522 km SW	401	20	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Presles-et-Thierny'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
Villereau	45	200 km SW	407	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Achy	60	119 km W	408	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Brethenay	52	187 km SE	399	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mauregny-en-Haye	02	12 km E	398	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Crépey	54	203 km SE	388	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Montgueux	10	136 km S	386	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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