Brancourt-en-Laonnois

Aisne · CC Picardie des Châteaux · INSEE 02111

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brancourt-en-Laonnois (INSEE 02111) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Picardie des Châteaux. Population 702 (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 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 16,397 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.49	10	4.89
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (YOUPI'PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE BRANCOURT-EN-LAONNOIS). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	YOUPI'PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE BRANCOURT-EN-LAONNOIS	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 374 peak 1990: 710 2023: 702 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 706 (2012) → 702 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 710 (1990) → 702 (2023): -1.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 319, of which 1.3 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.7 km SEBakery — 2.5 km EGP — 2.5 km EPharmacy — 2.6 km E 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 (Anizy-le-Grand): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Anizy-le-Grand): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Anizy-le-Grand): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Anizy-le-Grand): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brancourt-en-Laonnois): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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 0.8

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. ^[10]

Measured at the FAUCOUCOURT weather station, 3.5 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 88 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 16.6 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 767 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FAUCOUCOURT, 3.5 km away at 100 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 — 02111/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02111/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02111/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02111/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02111
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
Chalain-d'Uzore	42	430 km S	696	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Caurel	51	58 km SE	693	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Les Haies	69	457 km S	723	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Audincthun	62	151 km NW	684	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Monchy-le-Preux	62	92 km NW	679	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Virson	17	494 km SW	731	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Caurel	51	58 km SE	693	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Monchy-le-Preux	62	92 km NW	679	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Audincthun	62	151 km NW	684	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Chalain-d'Uzore	42	430 km S	696	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Les Haies	69	457 km S	723	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Virson	17	494 km SW	731	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Brancourt-en-Laonnois'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
Caurel	51	58 km SE	693	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-aux-Bois	60	34 km W	735	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Crugny	51	37 km SE	675	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Coulandon	03	330 km S	645	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Gentelles	80	78 km NW	627	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Iverny	77	73 km SW	618	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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