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Rocquigny

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02650

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rocquigny (INSEE 02650) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 359 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/02650-rocquigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 18,035 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.35103.47
Housing mix0.9754.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (ANGELINA COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Hairdresser1ANGELINA COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 438 2023: 359 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 389 (2012) → 359 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 424 (1990) → 359 (2023): -15.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 174, of which 1.7 % second homes and 8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.7 km SE (Wignehies)Food shop — 1.8 km SE (Wignehies)Pharmacy — 1.9 km SE (Wignehies)GP — 2.0 km SE (Wignehies)Primary school — 2.5 km SE (Wignehies)
Bakery — 1.7 km SEFood shop — 1.8 km SEPharmacy — 1.9 km SEGP — 2.0 km SEPrimary school — 2.5 km SE 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 (Wignehies): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Wignehies): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Wignehies): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Wignehies): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Wignehies): 2.5 km to the south-east (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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the CLAIRFONTAINE weather station, 6.4 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 169 m. [9]

The village sits 56 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. [9]

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

Humidity measured at CLAIRFONTAINE, 6.4 km away at 225 m, over 12 summers. [9]

That station sits 56 m above 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 902 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at CLAIRFONTAINE, 6.4 km away at 225 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 — 02650/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02650/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02650/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02650/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59659
  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
Semallé61327 km SW37912.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Birac16581 km SW37417No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 69 % · humidity 7 %
Perquie40756 km SW34213.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Habloville61330 km SW33614.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Adilly79488 km SW31012No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Castagnac31782 km S32517No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Semallé61327 km SW37912.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Habloville61330 km SW33614.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Adilly79488 km SW31012No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Birac16581 km SW37417No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 69 % · humidity 7 %
Perquie40756 km SW34213.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Castagnac31782 km S32517No daily shopsno figures

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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 Rocquigny'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
Habloville61330 km SW33614.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Courboin02120 km S30414.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Petit-Fayt5915 km NW28612.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gandelain61342 km SW40810.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Marcilly50409 km W35510.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-sur-Sarthe61314 km SW32010.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %