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Avrechy

Oise · CC du Plateau Picard · INSEE 60034

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

Few services 36.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avrechy (INSEE 60034) is in Oise (60), part of CC du Plateau Picard. Population 1,147 (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/60034-avrechy

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 13,513 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.592011.7
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.61106.11
Housing mix0.9554.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 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. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA TRADITION). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA PALMERAIE · LA PIZZA PICARDE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (RELAIS AMIENS-PARIS). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AVRECHY). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (VANESSA COIFFURE · EURL A'VENUE COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LA TRADITIONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant3LA PALMERAIE · LA PIZZA PICARDEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1RELAIS AMIENS-PARISINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AVRECHYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3VANESSA COIFFURE · EURL A'VENUE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 493 peak 2017: 1,150 2023: 1,147 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,140 (2012) → 1,147 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,032 (1990) → 1,147 (2023): 11.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 484, of which 2.5 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 1.4 km NE (Avrechy)Food shop — 5.8 km SW (Étouy)Pharmacy — 5.9 km S (Fitz-James)GP — 6.3 km S (Fitz-James)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km NEFood shop — 5.8 km SWPharmacy — 5.9 km SGP — 6.3 km S 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 (Avrechy): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Étouy): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Fitz-James): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Fitz-James): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Avrechy): 0 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the AIRION weather station, 2 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 90 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at AIRION, 2 km away at 71 m, over 16 summers. [11]

An average of 681 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at AIRION, 2 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60034/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60034/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60034/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60034/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60034
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60225
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60234
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Aubin-en-Bray6040 km W1,17440.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Berry-Bouy18260 km S1,16832.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Zudausques62146 km N1,08436.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 51 %
Montjoire31635 km S1,24334.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Omer-Capelle62168 km N1,07335.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mons33580 km S1,24039.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 29 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Aubin-en-Bray6040 km W1,17440.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Zudausques62146 km N1,08436.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 51 %
Saint-Omer-Capelle62168 km N1,07335.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Berry-Bouy18260 km S1,16832.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mons33580 km S1,24039.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 29 %
Montjoire31635 km S1,24334.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 97 %

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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 Avrechy'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Aubin-en-Bray6040 km W1,17440.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Muraz74465 km SE1,04841.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Laversines6017 km W1,11638.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Auménancourt51119 km E1,13032.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Cheniménil88339 km SE1,21033Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sommerau67371 km E1,52334.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %