Brunehamel

Aisne · CC des Portes de la Thiérache · INSEE 02126

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

Partly served 46.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brunehamel (INSEE 02126) is in Aisne (02), part of CC des Portes de la Thiérache. Population 463 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/02126-brunehamel

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 17,923 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.41	10	4.11
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (AUX GOUTS FAMILIAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE ALEX). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GILLES DURELLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX GOUTS FAMILIAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE ALEX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE VICTOR HUGO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	GILLES DURELLE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SARAZIN TILMANT	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	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 636 peak 1982: 652 2023: 463 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 522 (2012) → 463 (2023): -11.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 508 (1990) → 463 (2023): -8.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 4.2 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

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 (Brunehamel): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Brunehamel): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Brunehamel): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.4

Days at or below 0 °C 73.2

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the AUBENTON weather station, 7.2 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 239 m. ^[9]

The village sits 62 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

An average of 996 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at AUBENTON, 7.2 km away at 177 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 — 02126/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02126/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02126/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02126/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02126
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
Urcel	02	55 km SW	534	54.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Ouville-la-Rivière	76	231 km W	452	51.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 32 %
Avricourt	57	228 km SE	574	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %
Beaurieux	02	53 km SW	794	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Laveline-devant-Bruyères	88	258 km SE	581	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Marseilles-lès-Aubigny	18	313 km S	645	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 76 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaurieux	02	53 km SW	794	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Urcel	02	55 km SW	534	54.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Avricourt	57	228 km SE	574	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %
Ouville-la-Rivière	76	231 km W	452	51.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 32 %
Laveline-devant-Bruyères	88	258 km SE	581	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Marseilles-lès-Aubigny	18	313 km S	645	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 76 %

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