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Saint-Mard

Aisne · CC du Val de l'Aisne · INSEE 02682

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

No daily shops 15.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Mard (INSEE 02682) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Val de l'Aisne. Population 116 (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/02682-saint-mard

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 11,868 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 trend0.83108.33
Housing mix0.9354.66

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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]
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: 123 2023: 116 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 107 (2012) → 116 (2023): 8.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 87 (1990) → 116 (2023): 33.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 59, of which 3.4 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 1.9 km W (Presles-et-Boves)Food shop — 2.8 km NE (Soupir)GP — 4.8 km NW (Vailly-sur-Aisne)Pharmacy — 5.3 km E (Bourg-et-Comin)Bakery — 5.4 km S (Courcelles-sur-Vesle)
Primary school — 1.9 km WFood shop — 2.8 km NEGP — 4.8 km NWPharmacy — 5.3 km EBakery — 5.4 km S 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 (Courcelles-sur-Vesle): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Soupir): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Vailly-sur-Aisne): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Bourg-et-Comin): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Presles-et-Boves): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [12]

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the VAILLY-SUR-AISN weather station, 5.4 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 78 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at BRAINE, 5.6 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. [13]

An average of 755 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at VAILLY-SUR-AISN, 5.4 km away at 65 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02682/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02682/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02682/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02682/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02224
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02730
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02758
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02106
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02620
  13. 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
Romain25299 km SE11614.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 72 %
Voiscreville27204 km W11711.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Écauville27190 km W11617.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Xousse54242 km E11510No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Pannecières45161 km SW11411.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Bacourt57212 km E11413.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pannecières45161 km SW11411.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Écauville27190 km W11617.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Voiscreville27204 km W11711.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Bacourt57212 km E11413.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Xousse54242 km E11510No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Romain25299 km SE11614.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 72 %

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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 Saint-Mard'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
Thonnelle55130 km E11710.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Lignon51113 km SE11816.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Gizaucourt5195 km SE11311.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Neuville-sur-Margival0215 km NW11617.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Étrepy51113 km SE1128No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Noirlieu51102 km SE11210.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %