L'Écaille

Ardennes · CC du Pays Rethélois · INSEE 08148

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 17.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

L'Écaille (INSEE 08148) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC du Pays Rethélois. Population 263 (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 17.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 17,415 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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	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]
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: 119 peak 2017: 275 2023: 263 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 205 (2012) → 263 (2023): 28.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 118 (1990) → 263 (2023): 122.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 103, of which 4.9 % second homes and 1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.8 km WGP — 5.9 km NEFood shop — 6.0 km NEPharmacy — 6.0 km NEPrimary school — 6.3 km NE 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 (Roizy): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tagnon): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tagnon): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Tagnon): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Tagnon): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.2

Days at or below 0 °C 66.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the JUNIVILLE weather station, 11.8 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 76 m. ^[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, 10.4 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 — 08148/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08148/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08148/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08148/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08368
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08435
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
Radinghem	62	195 km NW	263	15.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 %
Baâlon	55	75 km E	260	10.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Razengues	32	688 km S	263	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 74 %
Doudeauville-en-Vexin	27	190 km W	261	13.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Le Catelier	76	224 km W	264	13.7	No daily shops	no figures
Saint-Bihy	22	537 km W	267	15.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Baâlon	55	75 km E	260	10.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Doudeauville-en-Vexin	27	190 km W	261	13.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Radinghem	62	195 km NW	263	15.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 %
Le Catelier	76	224 km W	264	13.7	No daily shops	no figures
Saint-Bihy	22	537 km W	267	15.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 36 %
Razengues	32	688 km S	263	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 74 %

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