Selens
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Selens (INSEE 02704) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Picardie des Châteaux. Population 202 (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/02704-selens
Vitality score
Vitality score 10.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 13 % of the 16,005 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.44 | 10 | 4.44 |
| Housing mix | 0.84 | 5 | 4.21 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| 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) | 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 | 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
Population 237 (2012) → 202 (2023): -14.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 214 (1990) → 202 (2023): -5.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 127, of which 7.9 % second homes and 16.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Blérancourt): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Blérancourt): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Blérancourt): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Blérancourt): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Aubin): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 14.8 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 75 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CHAUNY, 14.8 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, 8.7 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 — 02704/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02704/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02704/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02704/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02093
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02671
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnières | 60 | 90 km W | 201 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Dizy | 02 | 59 km E | 204 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nouvron-Vingré | 02 | 8.0 km S | 202 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 80 % |
| Beaumont-Hamel | 80 | 76 km NW | 200 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hecmanville | 27 | 188 km W | 199 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Frapelle | 88 | 312 km SE | 201 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouvron-Vingré | 02 | 8.0 km S | 202 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 80 % |
| La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Dizy | 02 | 59 km E | 204 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaumont-Hamel | 80 | 76 km NW | 200 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bonnières | 60 | 90 km W | 201 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hecmanville | 27 | 188 km W | 199 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Frapelle | 88 | 312 km SE | 201 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Selens'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont-Hamel | 80 | 76 km NW | 200 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Corrobert | 51 | 71 km SE | 205 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fresnes-Tilloloy | 80 | 117 km NW | 211 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaucamps-le-Jeune | 80 | 109 km W | 207 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ouffières | 14 | 274 km W | 200 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villevenard | 51 | 86 km SE | 193 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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