Roucy

Aisne · CC de la Champagne Picarde · INSEE 02656

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

Few services 25.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Roucy (INSEE 02656) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Champagne Picarde. Population 365 (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/02656-roucy

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 18,070 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.8	10	7.99
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 LES PONCEAUX). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE ROUCY). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 LES PONCEAUX	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	1	ROUCY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE ROUCY	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 223 peak 2007: 400 2023: 365 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 390 (2012) → 365 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 281 (1990) → 365 (2023): 29.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 181, of which 4.4 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.9 km NFood shop — 5.5 km EGP — 5.5 km EPharmacy — 5.8 km EBakery — 5.9 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 (Beaurieux): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cormicy): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cormicy): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cormicy): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Roucy): 0.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 61.5

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. ^[11]

Measured at the MARTIGNY-COURPI weather station, 15.5 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 100 m. ^[11]

An average of 752 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BEAURIEUX, 6.2 km away at 56 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02656/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02656/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02656/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02656/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02058
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51171
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02656
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
Poulangy	52	182 km SE	361	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Dombrot-le-Sec	88	205 km SE	355	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Donjeux	52	149 km SE	380	20.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 74 %
Vaux-sur-Blaise	52	131 km SE	336	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 100 %
Laurède	40	716 km SW	367	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 84 %
Tincourt-Boucly	80	84 km NW	334	21	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tincourt-Boucly	80	84 km NW	334	21	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 74 %
Vaux-sur-Blaise	52	131 km SE	336	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 100 %
Donjeux	52	149 km SE	380	20.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 74 %
Poulangy	52	182 km SE	361	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Dombrot-le-Sec	88	205 km SE	355	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Laurède	40	716 km SW	367	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 84 %

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