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Vendhuile

Aisne · CC du Pays du Vermandois · INSEE 02776

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

Few services 28/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vendhuile (INSEE 02776) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Pays du Vermandois. Population 585 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/02776-vendhuile

Vitality score

Vitality score 28/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 17,248 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.8108
Housing mix0.9554.76

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 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 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). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC VANDEVILLE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VENDHUILE AP). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF & BEAUTY 02). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1ERIC VANDEVILLE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1VENDHUILE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1COIFF & BEAUTY 02INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 604 2023: 585 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 537 (2012) → 585 (2023): 8.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 450 (1990) → 585 (2023): 30 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 253, of which 2.4 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 2.7 km SE (Le Catelet)Food shop — 2.8 km SE (Le Catelet)Bakery — 4.7 km SW (Ronssoy)
In the commune Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.7 km SEFood shop — 2.8 km SEBakery — 4.7 km SW 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 (Ronssoy): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Catelet): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Vendhuile): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Le Catelet): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Vendhuile): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02776/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02776/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02776/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02776/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80679
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02143
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02776

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cartigny8018 km SW68824.6Few servicesno figures
Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge17555 km SW64727.2Few servicesno figures
Cheminon51188 km SE57818.7No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Simon0230 km S59319.3No daily shopsno figures
Boubers-sur-Canche6276 km NW57834Few servicesno figures
Neuve-Maison0260 km E60219.6No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cartigny8018 km SW68824.6Few servicesno figures
Saint-Simon0230 km S59319.3No daily shopsno figures
Neuve-Maison0260 km E60219.6No daily shopsno figures
Boubers-sur-Canche6276 km NW57834Few servicesno figures
Cheminon51188 km SE57818.7No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge17555 km SW64727.2Few servicesno figures

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