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Savigny-sur-Aisne

Ardennes · CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise · INSEE 08406

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

No daily shops 11/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Savigny-sur-Aisne (INSEE 08406) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise. Population 334 (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/08406-savigny-sur-aisne

Vitality score

Vitality score 11/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 18,024 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 & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.39103.88
Housing mix0.7853.91

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 1 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]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE SAVIGNY SUR AISNE). [3]

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. [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]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE SAVIGNY SUR AISNEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 374 peak 1990: 376 2023: 334 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 373 (2012) → 334 (2023): -10.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 376 (1990) → 334 (2023): -11.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 192, of which 10.9 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.0 km NW (Vouziers)GP — 4.5 km N (Vouziers)Bakery — 4.6 km N (Vouziers)Primary school — 4.6 km NW (Vouziers)Pharmacy — 4.6 km NW (Vouziers)
Food shop — 3.0 km NWGP — 4.5 km NBakery — 4.6 km NPrimary school — 4.6 km NWPharmacy — 4.6 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 (Vouziers): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vouziers): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Vouziers): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Vouziers): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Vouziers): 4.6 km to the north-west (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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the VOUZIERS weather station, 5.2 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 113 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at SAULCES-CHAMPENOISES, 18.3 km away at 147 m, over 21 summers. [9]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at VOUZIERS, 5.2 km away at 96 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08406/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08406/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08406/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08406/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08490
  9. 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
Lieuran-Cabrières34650 km S33517.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 %
Sardan30612 km S34718.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Mazerier03378 km S31712.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Colombier03372 km SW32711.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chouy02108 km W36416.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Olloix63434 km S33117.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chouy02108 km W36416.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Colombier03372 km SW32711.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mazerier03378 km S31712.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Olloix63434 km S33117.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Sardan30612 km S34718.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Lieuran-Cabrières34650 km S33517.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Savigny-sur-Aisne'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Abbéville-la-Rivière91218 km SW32217.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Levainville28238 km SW37917.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Marnay-sur-Marne52155 km S32016.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rurey25269 km S35419No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Orvilliers-Saint-Julien10121 km SW31317.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Moutrot54120 km SE32719.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %