Montcornet

Aisne · CC des Portes de la Thiérache · INSEE 02502

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

Partly served 49.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montcornet (INSEE 02502) is in Aisne (02), part of CC des Portes de la Thiérache. Population 1,207 (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/02502-montcornet

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 13,170 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	0.52	25	13.03
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.19	10	1.88
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER D'ARTHUR · ATOUTS PAINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (A VOS FOURCHETTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (JOUR DE CHANCE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (EC GRILL · LE BON LABOUREUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE FORTUNA). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE - HENRI MAT). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE CHARLES DE GAULLE). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THOMAS HENNEQUIN, MÉDECIN · PASCALE TAILLEFUMIER, MÉDECIN · MÉLISSA DURIEZ, MÉDECIN · LOUIS-JOSEPH TAILLEFUMIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE HAUTS DE FRANCE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST · MONTCORNET). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (ARTS TENDANCES COIFFURES ET BOUTIQUE · METAMORPHOSE JEANICK.C · CONFETTI COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	L'ATELIER D'ARTHUR · ATOUTS PAINS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	A VOS FOURCHETTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	JOUR DE CHANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	EC GRILL · LE BON LABOUREUR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE FORTUNA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE - HENRI MAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE CHARLES DE GAULLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	THOMAS HENNEQUIN, MÉDECIN · PASCALE TAILLEFUMIER, MÉDECIN · MÉLISSA DURIEZ, MÉDECIN · LOUIS-JOSEPH TAILLEFUMIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE HAUTS DE FRANCE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST · MONTCORNET	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	3	ARTS TENDANCES COIFFURES ET BOUTIQUE · METAMORPHOSE JEANICK.C · CONFETTI COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 1,486 peak 1982: 1,781 2023: 1,207 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,493 (2012) → 1,207 (2023): -19.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,755 (1990) → 1,207 (2023): -31.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 691, of which 1.7 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Montcornet): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montcornet): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montcornet): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montcornet): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montcornet): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 57.3

Muggy days a summer 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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the NIZY-LE-COMTE weather station, 14.4 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 114 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at NIZY-LE-COMTE, 14.4 km away at 90 m, over 27 summers. ^[9]

An average of 904 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MONTCORNET, 0.7 km away at 130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02502/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02502/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02502/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02502/logement/2023
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
Landéan	35	403 km W	1,250	47.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Riquier	80	156 km W	1,279	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Attigny	08	47 km SE	1,094	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lérouville	55	150 km SE	1,358	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Villedômer	37	332 km SW	1,290	48.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Lamagistère	82	665 km SW	1,218	47.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 3 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Attigny	08	47 km SE	1,094	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lérouville	55	150 km SE	1,358	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Riquier	80	156 km W	1,279	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Villedômer	37	332 km SW	1,290	48.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Landéan	35	403 km W	1,250	47.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Lamagistère	82	665 km SW	1,218	47.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 3 % · winter 73 %

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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 Montcornet'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
Attigny	08	47 km SE	1,094	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lérouville	55	150 km SE	1,358	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ourville-en-Caux	76	245 km W	1,088	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Poix-Terron	08	45 km E	883	72.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vigny	95	166 km SW	1,137	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chenoise-Cucharmoy	77	134 km SW	1,607	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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