Bernoy-le-Château

Aisne · CA GrandSoissons Agglomération · INSEE 02564

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

Few services 34.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bernoy-le-Château (INSEE 02564) is in Aisne (02), part of CA GrandSoissons Agglomération. Population 825 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2023-01-01 from 1 former commune: Berzy-le-Sec (02077). ^[3]

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 34.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 15,483 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.75
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DUPONT YACOUB). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (LE NORFOLK). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU RONDEAU). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE TOURNELAPAGE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE VALENTINE). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DUPONT YACOUB	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Café / bar	1	LE NORFOLK	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU RONDEAU	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 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE TOURNELAPAGE	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	1	LES CISEAUX DE VALENTINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 752 peak 2012: 903 2023: 825 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 903 (2012) → 825 (2023): -8.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 846 (1990) → 825 (2023): -2.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 392, of which 2.6 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.7 km WGP — 3.0 km NFood shop — 3.6 km NPharmacy — 4.0 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 (Bernoy-le-Château): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Soissons): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Belleu): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Belleu): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bernoy-le-Château): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 51

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BRAINE weather station, 14.1 km away at 61 m; the village itself is at 84 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at BRAINE, 14.1 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

An average of 752 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PARCY-ET-TIGNY, 5.9 km away at 148 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 — 02564/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02564/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02564/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02564/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02564
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02722
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02064
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
Bouquehault	62	195 km NW	788	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Souvigné	79	421 km SW	863	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Faverolles	28	147 km SW	820	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bouessay	53	319 km SW	714	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine	76	158 km W	950	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Merlatière	85	447 km SW	1,009	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Faverolles	28	147 km SW	820	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine	76	158 km W	950	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bouquehault	62	195 km NW	788	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bouessay	53	319 km SW	714	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Souvigné	79	421 km SW	863	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
La Merlatière	85	447 km SW	1,009	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · 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 Bernoy-le-Château'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
Faverolles	28	147 km SW	820	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Radepont	27	146 km W	639	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Parent	63	413 km S	879	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bertangles	80	103 km NW	815	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Péravy-la-Colombe	45	191 km SW	777	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Humbécourt	52	141 km SE	761	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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