Saponay
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 18.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saponay (INSEE 02699) is in Aisne (02), part of CA de la Région de Château-Thierry. Population 266 (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/02699-saponay
Vitality score
Vitality score 18.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 44 % of the 17,491 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.62 | 10 | 6.22 |
| Housing mix | 0.85 | 5 | 4.24 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (LIDL). [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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
| 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 | 1 | LIDL | 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 | 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 263 (2012) → 266 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 237 (1990) → 266 (2023): 12.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 132, of which 7.6 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fère-en-Tardenois): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saponay): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Fère-en-Tardenois): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Fère-en-Tardenois): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Fère-en-Tardenois): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the OULCHY-LE-CHATE weather station, 4.5 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 121 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BRAINE, 15.8 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. [10]
That station sits 60 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 720 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at OULCHY-LE-CHATE, 4.5 km away at 122 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 — 02699/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02699/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02699/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02699/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02305
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02699
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rampan | 50 | 335 km W | 230 | 16 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Givry | 08 | 83 km E | 266 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Domèvre-sur-Durbion | 88 | 243 km SE | 267 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bansat | 63 | 415 km S | 264 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Malleville-sur-le-Bec | 27 | 199 km W | 264 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 % |
| Cavigny | 50 | 333 km W | 269 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 66 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givry | 08 | 83 km E | 266 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Malleville-sur-le-Bec | 27 | 199 km W | 264 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 % |
| Domèvre-sur-Durbion | 88 | 243 km SE | 267 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cavigny | 50 | 333 km W | 269 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 66 % |
| Rampan | 50 | 335 km W | 230 | 16 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bansat | 63 | 415 km S | 264 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 58 % · 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 Saponay'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vigneux-Hocquet | 02 | 69 km NE | 262 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ansacq | 60 | 83 km W | 273 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bonvillet | 88 | 226 km SE | 272 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Sigismond | 45 | 191 km SW | 269 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Just-en-Brie | 77 | 72 km S | 265 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Harquency | 27 | 145 km W | 271 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
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