Viels-Maisons

Aisne · CC du Canton de Charly-sur-Marne · INSEE 02798

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

Partly served 43.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Viels-Maisons (INSEE 02798) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Canton de Charly-sur-Marne. Population 1,192 (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/02798-viels-maisons

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 13,248 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.87	10	8.72
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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 DE VIELS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE VM). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SM SUPERETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA BRUSHETTA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIELS MAISONS LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VIELS-MAISONS MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU FOURNIL DE VIELS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE VM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SM SUPERETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LA BRUSHETTA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	VIELS MAISONS LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VIELS-MAISONS MAIRIE	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: 680 peak 2017: 1,234 2023: 1,192 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,065 (2012) → 1,192 (2023): 11.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 869 (1990) → 1,192 (2023): 37.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 570, of which 6.1 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 5.5 km SWGP — 5.8 km SW 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 (Viels-Maisons): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Viels-Maisons): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villeneuve-sur-Bellot): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve-sur-Bellot): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Viels-Maisons): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.4

Days at or below 0 °C 55.8

Muggy days a summer 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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTFAUCON weather station, 9.2 km away at 217 m; the village itself is at 173 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BLESMES, 13.5 km away at 222 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 784 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTFAUCON, 9.2 km away at 217 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 — 02798/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02798/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02798/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02798/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02798
INSEE BPE 2025 — 77512
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
Villiers-sur-Loir	41	215 km SW	1,105	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cublize	69	328 km S	1,360	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Épinouze	26	415 km S	1,531	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Puichéric	11	633 km S	1,198	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 53 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins	42	328 km S	1,141	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tuffé Val de la Chéronne	72	229 km W	1,680	43.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villiers-sur-Loir	41	215 km SW	1,105	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Tuffé Val de la Chéronne	72	229 km W	1,680	43.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Cublize	69	328 km S	1,360	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins	42	328 km S	1,141	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Épinouze	26	415 km S	1,531	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Puichéric	11	633 km S	1,198	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 53 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Viels-Maisons'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
Saint-Malô-du-Bois	85	388 km SW	1,612	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Aube	61	210 km W	1,254	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-les-Sablons	60	103 km W	1,196	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ourville-en-Caux	76	223 km NW	1,088	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Montcornet	02	100 km NE	1,207	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mézières-en-Drouais	28	146 km W	1,059	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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