Tarzy
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 16.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Tarzy (INSEE 08440) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Ardennes Thiérache. Population 126 (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 16.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 62 % of the 12,633 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.49 | 10 | 4.92 |
| Housing mix | 0.82 | 5 | 4.1 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DA SILVA ISABELLE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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) | 1 | DA SILVA ISABELLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 146 (2012) → 126 (2023): -13.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 127 (1990) → 126 (2023): -0.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 78, of which 9 % second homes and 23.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Signy-le-Petit): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Tarzy): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Signy-le-Petit): 3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Signy-le-Petit): 4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Signy-le-Petit): 4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the SIGNY-LE-PETIT_SAPC weather station, 4.9 km away at 309 m; the village itself is at 251 m. [10]
The village sits 58 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]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ROCROI, 17.7 km away at 382 m, over 26 summers. [10]
That station sits 131 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,025 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CHAMPLIN, 4.1 km away at 257 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 — 08440/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08440/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08440/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08440/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 08420
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 08440
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gergueil | 21 | 295 km S | 131 | 22.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Goyne | 32 | 711 km SW | 129 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 76 % · humidity 29 % |
| Nicey-sur-Aire | 55 | 133 km SE | 130 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Salvetat-Lauragais | 31 | 729 km S | 151 | 23 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 % |
| Lasserre | 64 | 781 km SW | 115 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 78 % |
| Sexfontaines | 52 | 193 km S | 143 | 21.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicey-sur-Aire | 55 | 133 km SE | 130 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sexfontaines | 52 | 193 km S | 143 | 21.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gergueil | 21 | 295 km S | 131 | 22.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Goyne | 32 | 711 km SW | 129 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 76 % · humidity 29 % |
| La Salvetat-Lauragais | 31 | 729 km S | 151 | 23 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 % |
| Lasserre | 64 | 781 km SW | 115 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 78 % |
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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 Tarzy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bussiares | 02 | 115 km SW | 126 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gergny | 02 | 26 km W | 127 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Béthencourt-sur-Somme | 80 | 96 km W | 124 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fèrebrianges | 51 | 116 km S | 127 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pys | 80 | 113 km W | 125 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marizy-Sainte-Geneviève | 02 | 110 km SW | 125 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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