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Bohain-en-Vermandois

Aisne · CC du Pays du Vermandois · INSEE 02095

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

Served 60.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bohain-en-Vermandois (INSEE 02095) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Pays du Vermandois. Population 5,605 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/02095-bohain-en-vermandois

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 79 % of the 4,224 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 food0.622515.61
Social0.852016.95
Education0.53105.28
Health0.47104.67
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.31103.06
Housing mix0.9854.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 2 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PETIT ERIC · BRUT DE PAIN · LA BOHAINOISE). [3,4]

4 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEVALINE CARON · BOUCHERIE DE LA PORTE SAINT ANTOINE · LA BOUCHERIE POUR TOUS). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (V.R.M.S · B.E.V). [3,4]

3 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]

10 × Restaurant (LE PETIT RESTO GRILL · LE BORSALINO · TEXAS FRITES · AU BON KEBAB · ERKEN SADIK). [3,4]

6 × Café / bar (L'ESTARIS · LA TAVERNE · CAFE DE L'HABITUDE · KEBAB HOUSE · LE PICARDIE BAR). [4]

3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOL MATE LES TORRENTS · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE VIEUX TILLEUL · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ALAVOINE). [3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BERTHELOT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES TORRENTS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHENE BR LE). [3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE HENRI MATISSE · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT ANTOINE). [3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELEONORE CHEVALIER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MICHEL DUCROCQ, MÉDECIN · JULIEN GODET, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE MAUDENS, MÉDECIN · VINCENT CAUWET, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES 4 COULEURS). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE BOHAIN). [3]

1 × Cinema (LOUIS JOUVET). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS PAUL BERNARD · GYMNASE YVAN ROJO ET TERRAINS DE SPORTS). [3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · AGENCE DE BOHAIN · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST · SOCIETE GENERALE). [3]

6 × Hairdresser (SARL JMF · COIFFURE CAROLINE · BEAUTE D'ESPRIT). [3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 13 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 2 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)5PETIT ERIC · BRUT DE PAIN · LA BOHAINOISEINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)4CHEVALINE CARON · BOUCHERIE DE LA PORTE SAINT ANTOINE · LA BOUCHERIE POUR TOUSINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2V.R.M.S · B.E.VINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket3INTERMARCHE · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR EXPRESSINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant10LE PETIT RESTO GRILL · LE BORSALINO · TEXAS FRITES · AU BON KEBAB · ERKEN SADIKINSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4]
Café / bar6L'ESTARIS · LA TAVERNE · CAFE DE L'HABITUDE · KEBAB HOUSE · LE PICARDIE BARINSEE SIRENE 6 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)3ECOL MATE LES TORRENTS · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE VIEUX TILLEUL · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ALAVOINEINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)3ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BERTHELOT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES TORRENTS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHENE BR LEINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège2COLLEGE HENRI MATISSE · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT ANTOINEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5ELEONORE CHEVALIER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MICHEL DUCROCQ, MÉDECIN · JULIEN GODET, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE MAUDENS, MÉDECIN · VINCENT CAUWET, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DES 4 COULEURSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE BOHAININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema1LOUIS JOUVETINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall2SALLE MULTISPORTS PAUL BERNARD · GYMNASE YVAN ROJO ET TERRAINS DE SPORTSINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank4CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · AGENCE DE BOHAIN · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST · SOCIETE GENERALEINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser6SARL JMF · COIFFURE CAROLINE · BEAUTE D'ESPRITINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 7,090 peak 1975: 7,513 2023: 5,605 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,841 (2012) → 5,605 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 6,955 (1990) → 5,605 (2023): -19.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,953, of which 0.8 % second homes and 18 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Bohain-en-Vermandois): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bohain-en-Vermandois): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Bohain-en-Vermandois): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bohain-en-Vermandois): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Bohain-en-Vermandois): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

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 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the ETREUX weather station, 13.7 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 135 m. [9]

An average of 861 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ETREUX, 13.7 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02095/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02095/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02095/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02095/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02095
  9. 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
Delle90379 km SE5,62352Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 58 %
Montrond-les-Bains42487 km S5,65262.7ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 91 %
Gournay-en-Bray76137 km SW5,72367.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Valdahon25381 km SE5,70564ServedMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Saint-Just-en-Chaussée6091 km SW5,81059.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Drusenheim67353 km E5,38855.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Just-en-Chaussée6091 km SW5,81059.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Gournay-en-Bray76137 km SW5,72367.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Drusenheim67353 km E5,38855.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %
Delle90379 km SE5,62352Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 58 %
Valdahon25381 km SE5,70564ServedMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Montrond-les-Bains42487 km S5,65262.7ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 91 %

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