Saint-Quentin
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Well served 83.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Quentin (INSEE 02691) is in Aisne (02), part of CA du Saint-Quentinois. Population 52,813 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/02691-saint-quentin
Vitality score
Vitality score 83.2/100 — Well served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 72 % of the 415 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 | 0.88 | 25 | 22.04 |
| Social | 1 | 20 | 19.99 |
| Education | 0.93 | 10 | 9.28 |
| Health | 0.94 | 10 | 9.4 |
| Public & culture | 0.29 | 5 | 1.46 |
| Population trend | 0.37 | 10 | 3.71 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
26 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ISA AURA · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE L'EUROPE - ETS DUBOC). [3,4]
12 × Butcher (boucherie) (HENRI BOUCHER · NGUYEN TRI · BOUCHERIE DU FAUBOURG D'ISLE · CHARCUTERIE GOEMAERE). [3,4]
19 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES PROVINCES DE FRANCE · VIVAL · TMS DESTOCK · QIS MARKET · LES DELICES DU PORTUGAL). [3,4]
15 × Supermarket (SODIVAL · LIDL · INTERMARCHE · AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE · NETTO). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE DU GRAND LARGE). [3,4]
142 × Restaurant (TOUT CHAUD · BUFFALO GRILL · CHEZ MARIO · LOPES MAPRIL). [3,4]
59 × Café / bar (LA GUILLOTINE · LE DIABOLO · LE BAR BU · L'OSTENDE · LE MANOIR). [4]
3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PAULE POLVENT · EC MATERNELLE PUB GPE SCOL. ALFRED CLIN · ECOLE MATERNELLE MONTPLAISIR). [3]
21 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LYON-JUMENTIER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE QUENTIN BARRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ROBERT SCHUMAN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FERDINAND BUISSON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MACE). [3]
7 × Collège (COLLEGE MONTAIGNE · COLLEGE GABRIEL HANOTAUX · COLLEGE MARTHE LEFEVRE · COLLEGE JEAN MOULIN · COLLEGE PIERRE DE LA RAMEE). [3]
77 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-MICHEL CATRY, MÉDECIN · BENOIT SAILLARD, MÉDECIN · ALBERT TOUSSE, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE HICTER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-ETIENNE BELLENGUEZ, MÉDECIN). [3]
17 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LAFAYETTE DU BOULEVARD · PHARMACIE POMPIDOU · PHARMACIE DE L'EUROPE · PHARMACIE SAILLARD MEUNIER · SELARL PHARMACIE D ISLE). [3,4]
5 × Post office / agence postale (CARREFOUR ST QUENTIN KENNEDY RP · SAINT QUENTIN SAINT MARTIN AP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Cinema (CGR SAINT QUENTIN). [3]
18 × Gym / sports hall (PALAIS DES SPORTS PIERRE RATTE · GYMNASE FRANCOIS COLLERY · GYMNASE SCHUMAN · GYMNASE CLIN · GYMNASE BERTRAND GAMESS). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE D ISLE). [3]
18 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CCF · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL SAINT-QUENTIN · AGENCE EUROPE). [3]
66 × Hairdresser (BLANDIN REGINE · CILOCHE MARIE-LISE · HEAD LINE). [3,4]
7 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
9 × Hotel (HOTEL DES CANONNIERS · IBIS SAINT QUENTIN BASILIQUE · IBIS BUDGET SAINT QUENTIN CENTRE · HÔTEL LE FLORENCE · HOTEL B B ST QUENTIN). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 4 × Butcher (boucherie), 7 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Fishmonger, 39 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 5 × Pharmacy, 2 × Bank, 15 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 26 | ISA AURA · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE L'EUROPE - ETS DUBOC | INSEE BPE 26 / INSEE SIRENE 38 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 12 | HENRI BOUCHER · NGUYEN TRI · BOUCHERIE DU FAUBOURG D'ISLE · CHARCUTERIE GOEMAERE | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 19 | LES PROVINCES DE FRANCE · VIVAL · TMS DESTOCK · QIS MARKET · LES DELICES DU PORTUGAL | INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 30 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 15 | SODIVAL · LIDL · INTERMARCHE · AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE · NETTO | INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | POISSONNERIE DU GRAND LARGE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 142 | TOUT CHAUD · BUFFALO GRILL · CHEZ MARIO · LOPES MAPRIL | INSEE BPE 142 / INSEE SIRENE 215 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 59 | LA GUILLOTINE · LE DIABOLO · LE BAR BU · L'OSTENDE · LE MANOIR | INSEE SIRENE 59 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 3 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PAULE POLVENT · EC MATERNELLE PUB GPE SCOL. ALFRED CLIN · ECOLE MATERNELLE MONTPLAISIR | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 21 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LYON-JUMENTIER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE QUENTIN BARRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ROBERT SCHUMAN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FERDINAND BUISSON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MACE | INSEE BPE 21 [3] |
| Collège | 7 | COLLEGE MONTAIGNE · COLLEGE GABRIEL HANOTAUX · COLLEGE MARTHE LEFEVRE · COLLEGE JEAN MOULIN · COLLEGE PIERRE DE LA RAMEE | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 77 | JEAN-MICHEL CATRY, MÉDECIN · BENOIT SAILLARD, MÉDECIN · ALBERT TOUSSE, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE HICTER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-ETIENNE BELLENGUEZ, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 77 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 17 | PHARMACIE LAFAYETTE DU BOULEVARD · PHARMACIE POMPIDOU · PHARMACIE DE L'EUROPE · PHARMACIE SAILLARD MEUNIER · SELARL PHARMACIE D ISLE | INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 5 | CARREFOUR ST QUENTIN KENNEDY RP · SAINT QUENTIN SAINT MARTIN AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CGR SAINT QUENTIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 18 | PALAIS DES SPORTS PIERRE RATTE · GYMNASE FRANCOIS COLLERY · GYMNASE SCHUMAN · GYMNASE CLIN · GYMNASE BERTRAND GAMESS | INSEE BPE 18 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 1 | PLAGE D ISLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 18 | CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CCF · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL SAINT-QUENTIN · AGENCE EUROPE | INSEE BPE 18 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 66 | BLANDIN REGINE · CILOCHE MARIE-LISE · HEAD LINE | INSEE BPE 66 / INSEE SIRENE 97 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 7 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 9 | HOTEL DES CANONNIERS · IBIS SAINT QUENTIN BASILIQUE · IBIS BUDGET SAINT QUENTIN CENTRE · HÔTEL LE FLORENCE · HOTEL B B ST QUENTIN | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Saturday 7h30 à 12h30 place du marché et de l'Hôtel de Ville. [5]
Trajectory
Population 56,217 (2012) → 52,813 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 60,644 (1990) → 52,813 (2023): -12.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 30,761, of which 1.6 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Quentin): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Quentin): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Quentin): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Quentin): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Quentin): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 6.6 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 100 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST QUENTIN, 6.6 km away at 98 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 682 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST QUENTIN, 6.6 km away at 98 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02691/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saint-quentin.fr/85-marches.htm— “Le marché a lieu les mercredis et les samedis de 7h30 à 12h30 sur la place du marché et de l'Hôtel de Ville.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02691/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02691/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02691/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02691
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholet | 49 | 436 km SW | 54,404 | 86.4 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beauvais | 60 | 98 km SW | 55,550 | 86.9 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Abymes | 971 | 6,834 km W | 51,055 | 80.4 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 % |
| Évreux | 27 | 179 km SW | 49,360 | 88.2 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | 85 | 497 km SW | 54,849 | 86.3 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laval | 53 | 356 km SW | 49,400 | 86.1 | Well served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauvais | 60 | 98 km SW | 55,550 | 86.9 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Évreux | 27 | 179 km SW | 49,360 | 88.2 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laval | 53 | 356 km SW | 49,400 | 86.1 | Well served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cholet | 49 | 436 km SW | 54,404 | 86.4 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | 85 | 497 km SW | 54,849 | 86.3 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Abymes | 971 | 6,834 km W | 51,055 | 80.4 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Saint-Quentin'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauvais | 60 | 98 km SW | 55,550 | 86.9 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Compiègne | 60 | 58 km SW | 40,761 | 82.6 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thonon-les-Bains | 74 | 453 km SE | 37,928 | 82.8 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Dreux | 28 | 186 km SW | 31,543 | 76.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Maubeuge | 59 | 68 km NE | 28,767 | 71.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rambouillet | 78 | 171 km SW | 27,724 | 70.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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