Saint-Michel

Aisne · CC des Trois Rivières · INSEE 02684

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Michel (INSEE 02684) is in Aisne (02), part of CC des Trois Rivières. Population 3,199 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/02684-saint-michel

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 4 % of the 6,759 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	0.22	25	5.53
Social	0.31	20	6.15
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.22	10	2.21
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.35	10	3.46
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE SAINT MICHEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE MELE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (VENETO · LE REPERE GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE VINCENNE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MAURICE BRUGNON). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE CESAR SAVART). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FREDERIC DELVAUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE ROCHEFORT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MARC BLANCPAIN). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS · TERRAINS DE SPORTS). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (V'AXEL COIFFEUR · ELODIE COIFF' · EURL SLC COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE SAINT MICHEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE MELE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	VENETO · LE REPERE GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE VINCENNE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MAURICE BRUGNON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE CESAR SAVART	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FREDERIC DELVAUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE ROCHEFORT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MARC BLANCPAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	HALLE DES SPORTS · TERRAINS DE SPORTS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	V'AXEL COIFFEUR · ELODIE COIFF' · EURL SLC COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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: 4,342 2023: 3,199 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,542 (2012) → 3,199 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,783 (1990) → 3,199 (2023): -15.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,641, of which 2.4 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Saint-Michel): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Michel): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Michel): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Michel): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Michel): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 73.2

Muggy days a summer 1

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, 10.6 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 192 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at CLAIRFONTAINE, 13.1 km away at 225 m, over 12 summers. ^[9]

An average of 953 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at HIRSON, 4.1 km away at 165 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02684/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02684/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02684/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02684/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02684
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
La Gaubretière	85	506 km SW	3,225	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 55 %
Tartas	40	774 km SW	3,169	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %
Vonnas	01	416 km S	3,255	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 54 %
Maulévrier	49	484 km SW	3,172	49.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Frévent	62	137 km W	3,259	46.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Port-sur-Saône	70	285 km SE	2,949	62.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Frévent	62	137 km W	3,259	46.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Port-sur-Saône	70	285 km SE	2,949	62.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Vonnas	01	416 km S	3,255	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 54 %
Maulévrier	49	484 km SW	3,172	49.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
La Gaubretière	85	506 km SW	3,225	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 55 %
Tartas	40	774 km SW	3,169	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %

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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-Michel'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
Port-sur-Saône	70	285 km SE	2,949	62.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Héand	42	488 km S	3,665	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Baccarat	54	250 km SE	4,089	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Morhange	57	213 km SE	3,308	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fumay	08	42 km E	3,086	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mirecourt	88	231 km SE	4,700	60.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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