Chaourse
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 24.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chaourse (INSEE 02160) is in Aisne (02), part of CC des Portes de la Thiérache. Population 495 (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/02160-chaourse
Vitality score
Vitality score 24.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 41 % of the 17,804 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.45 | 10 | 4.48 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.38 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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 | 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
Population 526 (2012) → 495 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 522 (1990) → 495 (2023): -5.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 260, of which 6.2 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chaourse): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Montcornet): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Montcornet): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Montcornet): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Chaourse): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the NIZY-LE-COMTE weather station, 15.5 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 109 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at NIZY-LE-COMTE, 15.5 km away at 90 m, over 27 summers. [10]
An average of 904 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MONTCORNET, 2.3 km away at 130 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 — 02160/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02160/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02160/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02160/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02160
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02502
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condamine | 01 | 416 km S | 480 | 30.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Épineuil | 89 | 203 km S | 508 | 22.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cures | 72 | 343 km SW | 489 | 27.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montreuil-sur-Brêche | 60 | 126 km W | 497 | 28.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazoches-et-Saint-Thibaut | 02 | 52 km SW | 516 | 28.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Espaubourg | 60 | 157 km W | 507 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazoches-et-Saint-Thibaut | 02 | 52 km SW | 516 | 28.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montreuil-sur-Brêche | 60 | 126 km W | 497 | 28.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Espaubourg | 60 | 157 km W | 507 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Épineuil | 89 | 203 km S | 508 | 22.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cures | 72 | 343 km SW | 489 | 27.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Condamine | 01 | 416 km S | 480 | 30.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 34 % · 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 Chaourse'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreuil-sur-Brêche | 60 | 126 km W | 497 | 28.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazoches-et-Saint-Thibaut | 02 | 52 km SW | 516 | 28.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Espaubourg | 60 | 157 km W | 507 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Caisnes | 60 | 70 km W | 518 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Abbeville-Saint-Lucien | 60 | 133 km W | 499 | 31.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hohengœft | 67 | 278 km SE | 539 | 30.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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