Vervins

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02789

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

Served 69/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vervins (INSEE 02789) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 2,549 (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/02789-vervins

Vitality score

Vitality score 69/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 8,139 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	0.68	25	17.01
Social	0.87	20	17.47
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.46	10	4.57
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER MAHOUDEAUX). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (SOCIETE COLLIGNON MV · LABEL VIANDE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (VERFON · CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS FLEURI · BRASSERIE DU CENTRE · LA VILLA PIZZERIA · MKR · PRONTO PIZZA). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (BAR DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE · L'EMBUSCADE). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIE MORET · ECOL MATE PASCAL CECCALDI). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BRIMBEUF CECCALDI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE CONDORCET). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SABINE BOSCHMANS, MÉDECIN · BERNARD SIMON, MÉDECIN · HASSANE AGRAOU, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS CHAPELET, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS GOSSET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA THIERACHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE VERVINS). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (PICCOLI PICCOLO). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE SPORTIF 1 · MAIRIE). ^[3]

6 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · AGENCE DE VERVINS · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (COIF'ISABELLE · INNOVATIF SLC · LM COIFFURE A DOMICILE · EMPREINTES LOIC MARIE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hotel (LE RELAIS FLEURI · HOTEL DE LA TOUR DU ROY). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	L'ATELIER MAHOUDEAUX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	SOCIETE COLLIGNON MV · LABEL VIANDE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	VERFON · CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	LE RELAIS FLEURI · BRASSERIE DU CENTRE · LA VILLA PIZZERIA · MKR · PRONTO PIZZA	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	BAR DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE · L'EMBUSCADE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIE MORET · ECOL MATE PASCAL CECCALDI	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BRIMBEUF CECCALDI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE CONDORCET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	SABINE BOSCHMANS, MÉDECIN · BERNARD SIMON, MÉDECIN · HASSANE AGRAOU, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS CHAPELET, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS GOSSET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA THIERACHE	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE VERVINS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	PICCOLI PICCOLO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	ESPACE SPORTIF 1 · MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	6	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · AGENCE DE VERVINS · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Hairdresser	5	COIF'ISABELLE · INNOVATIF SLC · LM COIFFURE A DOMICILE · EMPREINTES LOIC MARIE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2	LE RELAIS FLEURI · HOTEL DE LA TOUR DU ROY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 2,833 peak 1975: 2,916 2023: 2,549 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,561 (2012) → 2,549 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,663 (1990) → 2,549 (2023): -4.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,507, of which 2.2 % second homes and 17.6 % 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 (Vervins): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vervins): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vervins): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Primary school (Vervins): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.6

Days at or below 0 °C 60.6

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the FONTAINE-VV MAN weather station, 2 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 176 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at FONTAINE-LES-VV, 2.1 km away at 186 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 927 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at FONTAINE-VV MAN, 2 km away at 184 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 — 02789/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02789/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02789/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02789/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02789
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
Lusignan	86	471 km SW	2,544	61.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Hermes	60	131 km SW	2,466	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Loury	45	243 km SW	2,616	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Maignelay-Montigny	60	105 km W	2,473	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Audun-le-Roman	54	152 km E	2,483	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Renazé	53	428 km SW	2,504	50.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Maignelay-Montigny	60	105 km W	2,473	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hermes	60	131 km SW	2,466	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Audun-le-Roman	54	152 km E	2,483	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Loury	45	243 km SW	2,616	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Renazé	53	428 km SW	2,504	50.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 74 %
Lusignan	86	471 km SW	2,544	61.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Vervins'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
Hermes	60	131 km SW	2,466	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Maignelay-Montigny	60	105 km W	2,473	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Andouillé	53	388 km SW	2,321	61.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sissonne	02	29 km S	2,065	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Verneuil-l'Étang	77	153 km SW	3,223	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Morhange	57	223 km SE	3,308	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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