Fonsomme

Aisne · CA du Saint-Quentinois · INSEE 02319

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 25.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fonsomme (INSEE 02319) is in Aisne (02), part of CA du Saint-Quentinois. Population 518 (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 25.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,686 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.45	10	4.5
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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

1968: 564 2023: 518 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 530 (2012) → 518 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 545 (1990) → 518 (2023): -5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 222, of which 0.9 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km SEFood shop — 5.1 km NPharmacy — 5.1 km WGP — 5.2 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 (Fontaine-Notre-Dame): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fresnoy-le-Grand): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fresnoy-le-Grand): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lesdins): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fonsomme): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.4

Days at or below 0 °C 46.3

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST QUENTIN weather station, 16.7 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ST QUENTIN, 16.7 km away at 98 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 740 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ORIGNY-STE-BENO, 9.1 km away at 75 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 — 02319/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02319/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02319/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02319/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02322
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02334
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02420
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02319
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
Oudalle	76	227 km W	520	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ambreuil	71	373 km S	523	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Lamillarié	81	680 km S	517	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Fournival	60	88 km SW	519	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-Lavaganne	60	109 km W	502	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Ecquedecques	62	100 km NW	511	29.3	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
Fournival	60	88 km SW	519	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Ecquedecques	62	100 km NW	511	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-Lavaganne	60	109 km W	502	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Oudalle	76	227 km W	520	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ambreuil	71	373 km S	523	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Lamillarié	81	680 km S	517	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · 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 Fonsomme'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
Ecquedecques	62	100 km NW	511	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bouzincourt	80	58 km W	528	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mézières-en-Santerre	80	62 km W	521	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Escarmain	59	38 km N	479	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sailly-Saillisel	80	37 km W	469	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Essuiles	60	94 km SW	505	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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