Blérancourt

Aisne · CC Picardie des Châteaux · INSEE 02093

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

Partly served 48.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Blérancourt (INSEE 02093) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Picardie des Châteaux. Population 1,162 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/02093-blerancourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 13,415 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.41	10	4.15
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (BOULANGERIE FREIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHEZ MATHIEU ET ALEXANDRA). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VALEUR SAVING). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE GRIFFON · PIZZA TASTY · EAT N CO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (A LA TETE NOIRE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANNE MURRAY DIKE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DOMINIQUE BASZYNSKI, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE RUFFIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BLEUSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA CHOUETTE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (IME LE MOULIN VERT). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (IMAGIN'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LE GRIFFON). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE FREIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHEZ MATHIEU ET ALEXANDRA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VALEUR SAVING	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LE GRIFFON · PIZZA TASTY · EAT N CO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	A LA TETE NOIRE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANNE MURRAY DIKE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	DOMINIQUE BASZYNSKI, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE RUFFIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BLEUSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA CHOUETTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	IME LE MOULIN VERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	IMAGIN'HAIR	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE GRIFFON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 988 peak 2017: 1,290 2023: 1,162 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,229 (2012) → 1,162 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,270 (1990) → 1,162 (2023): -8.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 636, of which 3.6 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km N 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 (Blérancourt): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Blérancourt): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Blérancourt): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Blérancourt): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Blérancourt): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.4

Days at or below 0 °C 41.6

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CHAUNY weather station, 13.5 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 69 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at CHAUNY, 13.5 km away at 83 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 707 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BICHANCOURT, 8.2 km away at 59 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02093/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02093/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02093/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02093/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02093
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
Ervy-le-Châtel	10	173 km S	1,099	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Just-en-Chevalet	42	404 km S	1,169	55.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 %
Drulingen	67	302 km E	1,397	63.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Duras	47	583 km SW	1,208	57.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Corbigny	58	254 km S	1,327	71.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Montmarault	03	356 km S	1,525	60.5	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ervy-le-Châtel	10	173 km S	1,099	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Corbigny	58	254 km S	1,327	71.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Drulingen	67	302 km E	1,397	63.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Montmarault	03	356 km S	1,525	60.5	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Just-en-Chevalet	42	404 km S	1,169	55.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 %
Duras	47	583 km SW	1,208	57.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · 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 Blérancourt'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
Guémené-sur-Scorff	56	493 km W	1,175	61.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Étreillers	02	35 km N	1,157	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Oisemont	80	111 km NW	1,127	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Crépin-Ibouvillers	60	83 km W	1,637	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Landéan	35	337 km W	1,250	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Riquier	80	110 km NW	1,279	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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