Urcel

Aisne · CC Picardie des Châteaux · INSEE 02755

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

Partly served 54.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Urcel (INSEE 02755) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Picardie des Châteaux. Population 534 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 54.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 17,599 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.56	10	5.64
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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) (AU FOURNIL DES ROIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (URCELLI FAMILIALE ELIARD). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE N°1). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMELINE GEDDA, MÉDECIN · CHARLES LEGROUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU LAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (URCEL AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU FOURNIL DES ROIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	URCELLI FAMILIALE ELIARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE N°1	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	EMELINE GEDDA, MÉDECIN · CHARLES LEGROUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU LAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	URCEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	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

1968: 377 peak 2017: 585 2023: 534 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 532 (2012) → 534 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 502 (1990) → 534 (2023): 6.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 250, of which 2 % second homes and 5.6 % 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 (Urcel): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Urcel): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Urcel): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Urcel): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Urcel): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.8

Days at or below 0 °C 56.6

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the FAUCOUCOURT weather station, 8.2 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 12.4 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 808 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at OSTEL, 6.1 km away at 162 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 — 02755/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02755/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02755/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02755/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02755
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
Saint-Flovier	37	337 km SW	576	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Brunehamel	02	55 km NE	463	46.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Carrouges	61	289 km W	623	64.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Mazères-sur-Salat	31	734 km S	628	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Condel	14	293 km W	512	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Avricourt	57	254 km E	574	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brunehamel	02	55 km NE	463	46.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Avricourt	57	254 km E	574	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 70 %
Carrouges	61	289 km W	623	64.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Condel	14	293 km W	512	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Flovier	37	337 km SW	576	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Mazères-sur-Salat	31	734 km S	628	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Urcel'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
Beaurieux	02	17 km SE	794	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Grostenquin	57	238 km E	604	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Essay	61	264 km W	556	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Spincourt	55	154 km E	823	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Faucogney-et-la-Mer	70	287 km SE	454	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Marseilles-lès-Aubigny	18	272 km S	645	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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