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Urvillers

Aisne · CC du Val de l'Oise · INSEE 02756

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

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Urvillers (INSEE 02756) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Val de l'Oise. Population 687 (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/02756-urvillers

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 40 % of the 16,456 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.6106.03
Housing mix0.9954.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ARCHE / OUI SHOP). [3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1L'ARCHE / OUI SHOPINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 539 2023: 687 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 616 (2012) → 687 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 623 (1990) → 687 (2023): 10.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 299, of which 0.7 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.8 km SW (Essigny-le-Grand)Food shop — 4.3 km NW (Gauchy)Pharmacy — 4.8 km NW (Gauchy)GP — 4.9 km NW (Gauchy)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km SWFood shop — 4.3 km NWPharmacy — 4.8 km NWGP — 4.9 km NW 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 (Essigny-le-Grand): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Gauchy): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Gauchy): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Gauchy): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Urvillers): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CLASTRES weather station, 7.9 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 116 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ST QUENTIN, 8.1 km away at 98 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 732 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CLASTRES, 7.9 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02756/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02756/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02756/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02756/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02287
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02340
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02756
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Limendous64772 km S69032.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Fontaine-au-Bois5946 km NE68727Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Marieulles57220 km E70032.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Châlons-du-Maine53340 km SW68232.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Escherange57203 km E69332.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 62 %
Montgaillard-Lauragais31718 km S68332.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fontaine-au-Bois5946 km NE68727Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Escherange57203 km E69332.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 62 %
Marieulles57220 km E70032.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Châlons-du-Maine53340 km SW68232.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Montgaillard-Lauragais31718 km S68332.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Limendous64772 km S69032.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · 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 Urvillers'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fontaine-au-Bois5946 km NE68727Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Marieulles57220 km E70032.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gélannes10148 km S69427Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Uhlwiller67334 km E66527Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lantéfontaine54197 km E73027Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Montigny-lès-Vesoul70314 km SE63329.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %