Bertaucourt-Epourdon

Aisne · CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère · INSEE 02074

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

Few services 22.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bertaucourt-Epourdon (INSEE 02074) is in Aisne (02), part of CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère. Population 601 (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 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 17,050 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.8	10	8.01
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

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 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 482 peak 2012: 612 2023: 601 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 612 (2012) → 601 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 462 (1990) → 601 (2023): 30.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 266, of which 5.6 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.1 km NPharmacy — 3.1 km NBakery — 3.2 km SGP — 3.7 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 (Saint-Gobain): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Charmes): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Gobain): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Charmes): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bertaucourt-Epourdon): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.8

Days at or below 0 °C 56.6

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FAUCOUCOURT weather station, 12.1 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHAUNY, 14.2 km away at 83 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TERGNIER, 6.7 km away at 59 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02074/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02074/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02074/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02074/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02680
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02074
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
Saint-Règle	37	301 km SW	599	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Meulers	76	158 km W	577	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Muirancourt	60	28 km W	587	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Castel-Sarrazin	40	740 km SW	559	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 73 %
Rieux	76	135 km W	583	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 70 %
Bosrobert	27	196 km W	668	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Muirancourt	60	28 km W	587	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Rieux	76	135 km W	583	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 70 %
Meulers	76	158 km W	577	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Bosrobert	27	196 km W	668	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Règle	37	301 km SW	599	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Castel-Sarrazin	40	740 km SW	559	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 73 %

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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 Bertaucourt-Epourdon'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
Muirancourt	60	28 km W	587	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bosrobert	27	196 km W	668	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Le Coudray-sur-Thelle	60	99 km W	554	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Haramont	02	46 km SW	556	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cottenchy	80	76 km W	566	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnoy-le-Luat	60	64 km SW	551	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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