Buzancy

Aisne · CC du Canton d'Oulchy-le-Château · INSEE 02138

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Buzancy (INSEE 02138) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Canton d'Oulchy-le-Château. Population 175 (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 9.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 15,200 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.43	10	4.31
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 131 peak 2017: 190 2023: 175 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 186 (2012) → 175 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 188 (1990) → 175 (2023): -6.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 85, of which 10.6 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.6 km NPrimary school — 2.6 km NWGP — 5.4 km NFood shop — 6.2 km NPharmacy — 6.5 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 (Septmonts): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soissons): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Belleu): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Belleu): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bernoy-le-Château): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.5

Days at or below 0 °C 52.1

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the OULCHY-LE-CHATE weather station, 12.5 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 128 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BRAINE, 13.6 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 67 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 752 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PARCY-ET-TIGNY, 3.8 km away at 148 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02138/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02138/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02138/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02138/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02706
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02722
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02564
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
Fongueusemare	76	224 km W	175	10.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 77 %
Malouy	27	206 km W	174	15.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Augicourt	70	254 km SE	175	12.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Semide	08	90 km E	174	6.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Moulins-Saint-Hubert	55	132 km E	175	10.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sourribes	04	609 km S	174	16.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Semide	08	90 km E	174	6.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Moulins-Saint-Hubert	55	132 km E	175	10.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Malouy	27	206 km W	174	15.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Fongueusemare	76	224 km W	175	10.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 77 %
Augicourt	70	254 km SE	175	12.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Sourribes	04	609 km S	174	16.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Buzancy'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
Moulins-Saint-Hubert	55	132 km E	175	10.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cilly	02	59 km NE	173	6.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bourg	52	222 km SE	178	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vassens	02	22 km NW	172	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Aubigny-lès-Sombernon	21	243 km SE	175	16	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chevannes	21	264 km SE	170	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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