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Raillimont

Aisne · CC des Portes de la Thiérache · INSEE 02634

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

No daily shops 18.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Raillimont (INSEE 02634) is in Aisne (02), part of CC des Portes de la Thiérache. Population 89 (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/02634-raillimont

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 9,442 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.53105.35
Housing mix0.8354.15

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. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

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. [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]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 85 2023: 89 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 82 (2012) → 89 (2023): 8.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 86 (1990) → 89 (2023): 3.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 47, of which 8.5 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.5 km W (Rozoy-sur-Serre)GP — 1.5 km W (Rozoy-sur-Serre)Food shop — 1.6 km W (Rozoy-sur-Serre)Bakery — 1.7 km W (Rozoy-sur-Serre)Pharmacy — 1.7 km W (Rozoy-sur-Serre)
Primary school — 1.5 km WGP — 1.5 km WFood shop — 1.6 km WBakery — 1.7 km WPharmacy — 1.7 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 (Rozoy-sur-Serre): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rozoy-sur-Serre): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Rozoy-sur-Serre): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Rozoy-sur-Serre): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Rozoy-sur-Serre): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

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 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the AUBENTON weather station, 14.6 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 166 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at NIZY-LE-COMTE, 17.7 km away at 90 m, over 27 summers. [9]

That station sits 76 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ST-CLEMENT, 9.4 km away at 201 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02634/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02634/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02634/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02634/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02666
  9. 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
Bettembos80164 km W9118.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Eccles5956 km N9416.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Les Gours16522 km SW9113.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Bourg-Sainte-Marie52198 km SE8314.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Isle-sur-Marne51125 km S9623.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Marey-lès-Fussey21292 km S8722.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Eccles5956 km N9416.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Isle-sur-Marne51125 km S9623.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Bettembos80164 km W9118.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-Sainte-Marie52198 km SE8314.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Marey-lès-Fussey21292 km S8722.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Les Gours16522 km SW9113.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · 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 Raillimont'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
Marey-lès-Fussey21292 km S8722.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Courtagnon5164 km S7724.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Maulan55141 km SE10719.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bief25327 km SE10819No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Noyers52208 km SE9719.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pareid55131 km SE11020.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %