Vivières

Aisne · CC Retz en Valois · INSEE 02822

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

Few services 24.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vivières (INSEE 02822) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Retz en Valois. Population 403 (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/02822-vivieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,998 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.43	10	4.32
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.7	10	6.96
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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”.

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

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VERONIQUE COMPERE, MÉDECIN · LUDOVIC GARNIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	2	VERONIQUE COMPERE, MÉDECIN · LUDOVIC GARNIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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: 372 2023: 403 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 402 (2012) → 403 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 337 (1990) → 403 (2023): 19.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 199, of which 14.6 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 5.1 km SBakery — 5.2 km SPharmacy — 5.2 km S 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 (Villers-Cotterêts): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villers-Cotterêts): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vivières): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villers-Cotterêts): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vivières): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 56.5

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TAILLEFONTAINE weather station, 4.6 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 133 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PASSY EN VALOIS, 16.5 km away at 141 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TAILLEFONTAINE, 4.6 km away at 140 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 — 02822/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02822/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02822/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02822/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02810
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02822
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
Limpiville	76	193 km W	405	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %
Villers-sur-Fère	02	34 km E	508	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bettborn	57	291 km E	406	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Courgent	78	114 km SW	414	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice	58	250 km S	418	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Serres-Gaston	40	686 km SW	405	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villers-sur-Fère	02	34 km E	508	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Courgent	78	114 km SW	414	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Limpiville	76	193 km W	405	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Sulpice	58	250 km S	418	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bettborn	57	291 km E	406	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Serres-Gaston	40	686 km SW	405	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Vivières'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
Villers-sur-Fère	02	34 km E	508	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Courgent	78	114 km SW	414	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice	58	250 km S	418	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Montmartin	41	247 km SW	407	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chémeré-le-Roi	53	299 km SW	431	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Jeu-les-Bois	36	308 km S	404	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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