Venizel

Aisne · CA GrandSoissons Agglomération · INSEE 02780

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

Few services 38.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Venizel (INSEE 02780) is in Aisne (02), part of CA GrandSoissons Agglomération. Population 1,324 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/02780-venizel

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 12,520 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.37	10	3.7
Housing mix	1	5	4.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (C.L.N.V). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TOUR DE PIZZ'A). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (VENIZEL & BAR). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RENE LEFEVRE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANIS GHARBI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE ASSOCIATIVE DE VENIZEL MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (DUFOUR REINE · EVOLU'TIF). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	C.L.N.V	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CARREFOUR CONTACT	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	1	LA TOUR DE PIZZ'A	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	VENIZEL & BAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RENE LEFEVRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ANIS GHARBI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE FRERET	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	VENIZEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE ASSOCIATIVE DE VENIZEL MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	CENTRE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	DUFOUR REINE · EVOLU'TIF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,532 peak 1975: 1,651 2023: 1,324 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,343 (2012) → 1,324 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,522 (1990) → 1,324 (2023): -13 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 615, of which 0.2 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.7 km SE 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 (Venizel): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Venizel): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Venizel): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Venizel): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Venizel): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 51

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BRAINE weather station, 9.7 km away at 61 m; the village itself is at 50 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at BRAINE, 9.7 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. ^[9]

An average of 734 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SOISSONS, 6.6 km away at 40 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 — 02780/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02780/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02780/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02780/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02780
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
Rimogne	08	98 km NE	1,317	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Froncles	52	175 km SE	1,369	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge	17	525 km SW	1,282	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Blamont	25	337 km SE	1,225	47.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Aulnay	17	466 km SW	1,410	47.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Gourdan-Polignan	31	732 km S	1,177	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rimogne	08	98 km NE	1,317	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Froncles	52	175 km SE	1,369	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Blamont	25	337 km SE	1,225	47.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Aulnay	17	466 km SW	1,410	47.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge	17	525 km SW	1,282	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Gourdan-Polignan	31	732 km S	1,177	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Venizel'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
Froncles	52	175 km SE	1,369	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Marseille-en-Beauvaisis	60	107 km W	1,409	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Picquigny	80	111 km NW	1,273	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Tricot	60	62 km W	1,392	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gueux	51	40 km E	1,907	61.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Crécy-sur-Serre	02	40 km NE	1,472	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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