Voulpaix
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Voulpaix (INSEE 02826) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 348 (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 9.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 5 % of the 18,020 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.36 | 10 | 3.61 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.66 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser (L'COUPE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 | 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) | 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 | 1 | L'COUPE | 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
Population 417 (2012) → 348 (2023): -16.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 404 (1990) → 348 (2023): -13.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 176, of which 3.4 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vervins): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vervins): 5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Vervins): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Vervins): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Vallée-au-Blé): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the FONTAINE-LES-VV weather station, 3.3 km away at 186 m; the village itself is at 135 m. [10]
The village sits 51 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at FONTAINE-LES-VV, 3.3 km away at 186 m, over 29 summers. [10]
That station sits 51 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 833 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at FONTAINE-LES-VV, 3.3 km away at 186 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 — 02826/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02826/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02826/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02826/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02789
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02759
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escala | 65 | 795 km S | 347 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 % |
| Champseru | 28 | 218 km SW | 345 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Condé-sur-Aisne | 02 | 56 km SW | 352 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rupt | 52 | 184 km SE | 351 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Murles | 34 | 684 km S | 353 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Champmotteux | 91 | 200 km SW | 356 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condé-sur-Aisne | 02 | 56 km SW | 352 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rupt | 52 | 184 km SE | 351 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champmotteux | 91 | 200 km SW | 356 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champseru | 28 | 218 km SW | 345 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Murles | 34 | 684 km S | 353 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Escala | 65 | 795 km S | 347 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Voulpaix'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancourteville-sur-Héricourt | 76 | 228 km W | 354 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Germain-Langot | 14 | 318 km W | 350 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Millencourt-en-Ponthieu | 80 | 143 km W | 337 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Molinchart | 02 | 37 km SW | 359 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Morangis | 51 | 97 km S | 363 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Meslay | 14 | 321 km W | 338 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
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