Berry-au-Bac

Aisne · CC de la Champagne Picarde · INSEE 02073

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 46.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Berry-au-Bac (INSEE 02073) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Champagne Picarde. Population 722 (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 46.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 16,275 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.92	10	9.18
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT DE LA MAIRIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE NATIONAL). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BERRY AU BAC RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	RESTAURANT DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE NATIONAL	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BERRY AU BAC RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 350 2023: 722 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 591 (2012) → 722 (2023): 22.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 509 (1990) → 722 (2023): 41.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 295, of which 1.7 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km SGP — 3.5 km SPharmacy — 3.8 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 (Berry-au-Bac): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cormicy): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cormicy): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cormicy): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Berry-au-Bac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 61.5

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARTIGNY-COURPI weather station, 17.5 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[10]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MENNEVILLE, 7.9 km away at 59 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 — 02073/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02073/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02073/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02073/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02073
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51171
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
Le Tronquay	14	343 km W	745	46.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 62 %
Proyart	80	101 km NW	761	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 82 %
La Croix-en-Brie	77	108 km SW	681	43	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Villiers-au-Bouin	37	333 km SW	727	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Mézières-sur-Ponthouin	72	296 km SW	725	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 84 %
Esquéhéries	02	65 km N	847	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Esquéhéries	02	65 km N	847	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Proyart	80	101 km NW	761	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 82 %
La Croix-en-Brie	77	108 km SW	681	43	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Mézières-sur-Ponthouin	72	296 km SW	725	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 84 %
Villiers-au-Bouin	37	333 km SW	727	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Le Tronquay	14	343 km W	745	46.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 62 %

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