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Bernot

Aisne · CC Thiérache Sambre et Oise · INSEE 02070

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

No daily shops 17.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bernot (INSEE 02070) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Thiérache Sambre et Oise. Population 431 (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/02070-bernot

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 17,920 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.44104.39
Housing mix0.8954.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 608 2023: 431 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 446 (2012) → 431 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 459 (1990) → 431 (2023): -6.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 224, of which 5.4 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.1 km S (Mont-d'Origny)Food shop — 3.2 km S (Mont-d'Origny)GP — 3.8 km S (Origny-Sainte-Benoite)Pharmacy — 8.4 km S (Ribemont)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km SFood shop — 3.2 km SGP — 3.8 km SPharmacy — 8.4 km S 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 (Mont-d'Origny): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Mont-d'Origny): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Origny-Sainte-Benoite): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Ribemont): 8.4 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Bernot): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [11]

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the AUDIGNY weather station, 10.9 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 91 m. [12]

The village sits 59 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]

An average of 740 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ORIGNY-STE-BENO, 3.6 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02070/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02070/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02070/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02070/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02503
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02575
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02648
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02070
  12. 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
Barbuise10146 km S43324.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %
Étrepigney39345 km SE43122.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 59 %
Bréançon95134 km SW43223.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Biarne39335 km SE43321.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Christophe-à-Berry0256 km SW44122.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 97 %
Crucheray41296 km SW42720.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 99 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Christophe-à-Berry0256 km SW44122.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 97 %
Bréançon95134 km SW43223.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Barbuise10146 km S43324.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %
Crucheray41296 km SW42720.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 99 %
Biarne39335 km SE43321.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 74 %
Étrepigney39345 km SE43122.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 59 %

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