Saint-Paul-aux-Bois

Aisne · CC Picardie des Châteaux · INSEE 02686

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

Few services 20.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Paul-aux-Bois (INSEE 02686) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Picardie des Châteaux. Population 370 (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/02686-saint-paul-aux-bois

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 18,089 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.46	10	4.61
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

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 0 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 ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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 ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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: 347 peak 2012: 395 2023: 370 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 395 (2012) → 370 (2023): -6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 385 (1990) → 370 (2023): -3.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 194, of which 4.1 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.0 km WBakery — 4.2 km SWFood shop — 4.2 km SWPharmacy — 4.2 km SW 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 (Blérancourt): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Blérancourt): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Blérancourt): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Blérancourt): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Paul-aux-Bois): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.4

Days at or below 0 °C 41.6

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHAUNY weather station, 11.3 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHAUNY, 11.3 km away at 83 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 707 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BICHANCOURT, 5.2 km away at 59 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02686/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02686/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02686/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02686/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02686
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
Chalou-Moulineux	91	154 km SW	373	20	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-en-Bray	60	87 km W	378	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Charmois-devant-Bruyères	88	291 km SE	373	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gratien	80	75 km NW	383	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis	60	89 km W	365	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Montandon	25	365 km SE	371	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 1 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Gratien	80	75 km NW	383	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-en-Bray	60	87 km W	378	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis	60	89 km W	365	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chalou-Moulineux	91	154 km SW	373	20	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Charmois-devant-Bruyères	88	291 km SE	373	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Montandon	25	365 km SE	371	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 1 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Paul-aux-Bois'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
Saint-Léger-en-Bray	60	87 km W	378	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gratien	80	75 km NW	383	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis	60	89 km W	365	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Auzouville-l'Esneval	76	168 km W	361	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vinantes	77	67 km SW	381	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Boiry-Sainte-Rictrude	62	81 km NW	389	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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