La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Pontavert

Aisne · CC de la Champagne Picarde · INSEE 02803

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

Few services 26.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Pontavert (INSEE 02803) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Champagne Picarde. Population 150 (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 26.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 14,109 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.88	10	8.76
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (ARCADIA). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	2	ARCADIA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 129 2023: 150 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 131 (2012) → 150 (2023): 14.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 109 (1990) → 150 (2023): 37.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 66, of which 1.5 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.2 km SWGP — 4.3 km NWPharmacy — 4.3 km NWBakery — 4.4 km NWFood shop — 6.7 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 (Corbeny): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cormicy): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Corbeny): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Corbeny): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pontavert): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 61.5

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 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARTIGNY-COURPI weather station, 13.1 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 70 m. ^[11]

An average of 752 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BEAURIEUX, 9.4 km away at 56 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02803/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02803/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02803/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02803/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02215
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51171
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02613
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
Angirey	70	261 km SE	152	20.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Mard	80	84 km W	155	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Couvonges	55	112 km SE	156	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 81 %
La Haye-le-Comte	27	198 km W	151	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 82 %
Épiais-lès-Louvres	95	104 km SW	156	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 59 %
Villers-Grélot	25	289 km SE	152	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Mard	80	84 km W	155	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Épiais-lès-Louvres	95	104 km SW	156	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 59 %
Couvonges	55	112 km SE	156	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 81 %
La Haye-le-Comte	27	198 km W	151	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 82 %
Angirey	70	261 km SE	152	20.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 93 %
Villers-Grélot	25	289 km SE	152	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 57 %

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