Aire

Ardennes · CC du Pays Rethélois · INSEE 08004

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

Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aire (INSEE 08004) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC du Pays Rethélois. Population 251 (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/08004-aire

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,223 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (HOUZET ERNEST). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[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	1	HOUZET ERNEST	INSEE BPE 1 / 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	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: 182 2023: 251 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 211 (2012) → 251 (2023): 19 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 163 (1990) → 251 (2023): 54 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 107, of which 5.6 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 3.4 km SWPrimary school — 3.5 km WGP — 3.5 km NWPharmacy — 3.5 km NWFood shop — 4.2 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 (Asfeld): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Asfeld): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Germainmont): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germainmont): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Asfeld): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.4

Days at or below 0 °C 43.7

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BANOGNE-RECOUVRANCE weather station, 10.3 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[10]

The village sits 63 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

An average of 784 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAU-PORCIEN, 5.1 km away at 67 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 — 08004/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08004/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08004/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08004/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08381
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
Droupt-Sainte-Marie	10	111 km S	256	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 80 %
Aussac	81	645 km S	255	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 10 % · winter 97 %
Celles-sur-Aisne	02	50 km W	248	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 91 %
Fontaine	10	147 km S	246	16.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Montflours	53	387 km W	247	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 100 %
Cliponville	76	254 km W	245	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Celles-sur-Aisne	02	50 km W	248	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 91 %
Droupt-Sainte-Marie	10	111 km S	256	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 80 %
Fontaine	10	147 km S	246	16.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Cliponville	76	254 km W	245	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 97 %
Montflours	53	387 km W	247	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 100 %
Aussac	81	645 km S	255	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 10 % · winter 97 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

Elsewhere

Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/08004-aire