Montbrehain

Aisne · CC du Pays du Vermandois · INSEE 02500

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

Few services 21.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montbrehain (INSEE 02500) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Pays du Vermandois. Population 816 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/02500-montbrehain

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 15,532 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.41	10	4.09
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALBERT MENNECIER). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTBREHAIN AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE DE MONTBREHAIN). ^[4]

4 × Hairdresser (DIV'HAIR GENRE · AS COIFFURE · L'AME DE SOI). ^[4,3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALBERT MENNECIER	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONTBREHAIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	MEDIATHÈQUE DE MONTBREHAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	4	DIV'HAIR GENRE · AS COIFFURE · L'AME DE SOI	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,064 2023: 816 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 835 (2012) → 816 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 898 (1990) → 816 (2023): -9.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 385, of which 1.8 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.5 km SWBakery — 4.4 km NWFood shop — 4.6 km NWGP — 4.6 km NWPharmacy — 4.6 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 (Beaurevoir): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaurevoir): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beaurevoir): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Beaurevoir): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montbrehain): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the ST QUENTIN weather station, 19.5 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 140 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST QUENTIN, 19.5 km away at 98 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 767 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BONY, 10 km away at 94 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 — 02500/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02500/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02500/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02500/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02057
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02500
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
Montaulin	10	200 km S	825	28	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Arsy	60	79 km SW	832	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lamarque-Pontacq	65	800 km S	862	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Caujac	31	755 km S	869	28.5	Few services	no figures
Barisis-aux-Bois	02	43 km S	752	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Saint-Sépulcre	60	106 km SW	951	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Barisis-aux-Bois	02	43 km S	752	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Arsy	60	79 km SW	832	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Saint-Sépulcre	60	106 km SW	951	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Montaulin	10	200 km S	825	28	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Caujac	31	755 km S	869	28.5	Few services	no figures
Lamarque-Pontacq	65	800 km S	862	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Montbrehain'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
Arsy	60	79 km SW	832	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Barisis-aux-Bois	02	43 km S	752	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Saint-Sépulcre	60	106 km SW	951	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pimprez	60	58 km SW	848	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Mondicourt	62	68 km W	600	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ivry-le-Temple	60	126 km SW	878	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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