Bruyères-et-Montbérault

Aisne · CA du Pays de Laon · INSEE 02128

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

Partly served 46.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bruyères-et-Montbérault (INSEE 02128) is in Aisne (02), part of CA du Pays de Laon. Population 1,411 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 46.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 12,045 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.5	10	5.01
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (A PAIN DE LOUP). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE PLOYON GARY ET CLEMENTINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BREIZH DE NICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE DUVERGER-VINCHON, MÉDECIN · MARIE-FRANCE JACQUOT, MÉDECIN · CELINE VUILLEMIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE ARSENE HOUSSAYE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BRUY'HAIR COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	A PAIN DE LOUP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE PLOYON GARY ET CLEMENTINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1		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	1	BREIZH DE NICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	3	CATHERINE DUVERGER-VINCHON, MÉDECIN · MARIE-FRANCE JACQUOT, MÉDECIN · CELINE VUILLEMIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE BRUYERES	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	BIBLIOTHEQUE ARSENE HOUSSAYE	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	1	BRUY'HAIR COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,073 peak 2007: 1,591 2023: 1,411 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,570 (2012) → 1,411 (2023): -10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,410 (1990) → 1,411 (2023): 0.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 768, of which 0.8 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 1.0 km NW 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 (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 61.5

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MARTIGNY-COURPI weather station, 4.8 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 8.9 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MARTIGNY-COURPI, 4.8 km away at 95 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 — 02128/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02128/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02128/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02128/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02128
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
Gouzeaucourt	59	71 km NW	1,413	54	Partly served	no figures
Aubigny-en-Artois	62	120 km NW	1,489	59.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Villersexel	70	299 km SE	1,431	61.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bollezeele	59	177 km NW	1,445	57.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Rabastens-de-Bigorre	65	733 km SW	1,483	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 36 %
Villers-Bocage	80	110 km NW	1,545	61	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gouzeaucourt	59	71 km NW	1,413	54	Partly served	no figures
Villers-Bocage	80	110 km NW	1,545	61	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Aubigny-en-Artois	62	120 km NW	1,489	59.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Bollezeele	59	177 km NW	1,445	57.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Villersexel	70	299 km SE	1,431	61.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Rabastens-de-Bigorre	65	733 km SW	1,483	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Bruyères-et-Montbérault'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
Briouze	61	307 km W	1,512	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Marseille-en-Beauvaisis	60	123 km W	1,409	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sars-Poteries	59	76 km N	1,402	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Dury	80	107 km W	1,441	62.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Drulingen	67	266 km E	1,397	63.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Crécy-sur-Serre	02	19 km N	1,472	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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