Sains-Richaumont

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02668

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

Served 65.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sains-Richaumont (INSEE 02668) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 923 (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/02668-sains-richaumont

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 14,821 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	0.71	25	17.74
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.38	10	3.77
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.37

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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ANTILOPE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ARTE PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR TABAC DU CONCOURS). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE QUENTIN DE LA TOUR). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SABINE BOSCHMANS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDI@LINE MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINS RICHAUMONT). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.

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)	2	BEL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	ANTILOPE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	ARTE PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR TABAC DU CONCOURS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE SIMONE VEIL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE QUENTIN DE LA TOUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SABINE BOSCHMANS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINS RICHAUMONT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDI@LINE MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINS RICHAUMONT	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,225 2023: 923 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,037 (2012) → 923 (2023): -11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,053 (1990) → 923 (2023): -12.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 507, of which 6.3 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 1.6 km NEPharmacy — 10.1 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 (Sains-Richaumont): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sains-Richaumont): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sains-Richaumont): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Guise): 10.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sains-Richaumont): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.9

Days at or below 0 °C 55.7

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 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AUDIGNY weather station, 6.1 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 157 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at FONTAINE-LES-VV, 12.7 km away at 186 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AUDIGNY, 6.1 km away at 150 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 — 02668/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02668/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02668/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02668/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02668
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02361
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
Saint-Rémy	14	320 km W	996	67.8	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 57 %
Poix-Terron	08	70 km E	883	72.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Ourville-en-Caux	76	223 km W	1,088	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Neussargues-Moissac	15	525 km S	824	67.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Mercuès	46	618 km S	1,122	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 58 % · humidity 29 %
Auros	33	660 km SW	1,072	58.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Poix-Terron	08	70 km E	883	72.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Ourville-en-Caux	76	223 km W	1,088	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rémy	14	320 km W	996	67.8	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 57 %
Neussargues-Moissac	15	525 km S	824	67.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Mercuès	46	618 km S	1,122	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 58 % · humidity 29 %
Auros	33	660 km SW	1,072	58.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Sains-Richaumont'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
Poix-Terron	08	70 km E	883	72.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Ourville-en-Caux	76	223 km W	1,088	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Songeons	60	136 km W	926	74.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montcornet	02	27 km SE	1,207	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe	61	284 km SW	659	78.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Corbeny	02	41 km S	851	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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