Esquéhéries

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02286

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

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Esquéhéries (INSEE 02286) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 847 (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 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 15,325 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.34	10	3.43
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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 GOURMANDIZES D'ESQUEHERIES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ESQUEHERIES AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CH'TY COIF'). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX GOURMANDIZES D'ESQUEHERIES	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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)	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	1	ESQUEHERIES AP	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	CH'TY COIF'	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,164 2023: 847 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 842 (2012) → 847 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,005 (1990) → 847 (2023): -15.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 428, of which 1.9 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km NEGP — 4.0 km NEPharmacy — 4.6 km NE 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 (Esquéhéries): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.3

Days at or below 0 °C 69.3

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NOUVION-EN-T weather station, 3.4 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 165 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CLAIRFONTAINE, 15.8 km away at 225 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 60 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 942 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NOUVION-EN-T, 3.4 km away at 182 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 — 02286/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02286/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02286/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02286/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02286
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02558
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
Ferfay	62	111 km NW	861	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Bougarber	64	800 km SW	889	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 43 % · humidity 14 %
Valdurenque	81	722 km S	885	46.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 29 %
Proyart	80	75 km W	761	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Varsberg	57	227 km E	973	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Le Tronquay	14	340 km W	745	46.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Proyart	80	75 km W	761	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Ferfay	62	111 km NW	861	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Varsberg	57	227 km E	973	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Le Tronquay	14	340 km W	745	46.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Valdurenque	81	722 km S	885	46.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 29 %
Bougarber	64	800 km SW	889	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 43 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Esquéhéries'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
Trévignin	73	503 km S	870	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Cergne	42	432 km S	622	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Mondrepuis	02	22 km E	1,028	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cuigy-en-Bray	60	151 km SW	987	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Givonne	08	94 km E	1,055	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bonhomme	68	317 km SE	744	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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