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Le Fréty

Ardennes · CC Ardennes Thiérache · INSEE 08182

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

No daily shops 7.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Fréty (INSEE 08182) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Ardennes Thiérache. Population 61 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/08182-le-frety

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 6,293 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.35103.47
Housing mix0.5752.83

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 104 2023: 61 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 62 (2012) → 61 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 72 (1990) → 61 (2023): -15.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 46, of which 21.7 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 5.3 km NE (Liart)Primary school — 5.3 km NE (Liart)Pharmacy — 5.3 km NE (Liart)Food shop — 5.4 km S (Rocquigny)GP — 8.2 km NW (Brunehamel)
Bakery — 5.3 km NEPrimary school — 5.3 km NEPharmacy — 5.3 km NEFood shop — 5.4 km SGP — 8.2 km NW 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 (Liart): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rocquigny): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Brunehamel): 8.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Liart): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Liart): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SIGNY-L'ABBAYE weather station, 11.5 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 229 m. [11]

An average of 1,072 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LIART, 5.2 km away at 240 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08182/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08182/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08182/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08182/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08254
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08366
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02126
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Crézançay-sur-Cher18355 km SW619.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 66 %
Martrois21271 km S609.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Aingeville88202 km SE608.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Mauvilly21228 km S616.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Deux-Jumeaux14381 km W616.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 24 %
La Chapelle-Marcousse63486 km S634.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Aingeville88202 km SE608.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Mauvilly21228 km S616.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Martrois21271 km S609.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Crézançay-sur-Cher18355 km SW619.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 66 %
Deux-Jumeaux14381 km W616.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 24 %
La Chapelle-Marcousse63486 km S634.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %

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