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Berthecourt

Oise · CC Thelloise · INSEE 60065

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

Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Berthecourt (INSEE 60065) is in Oise (60), part of CC Thelloise. Population 1,564 (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/60065-berthecourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 11,310 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
Social0.39207.87
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.86108.56
Housing mix0.9754.85

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX GRANDES SAVEURS). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA FIESTA). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR TABAC DE LA PLACE). [4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (ART ET NUANCES). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1AUX GRANDES SAVEURSINSEE 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]
Restaurant1LA FIESTAINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1BAR TABAC DE LA PLACEINSEE 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 postale1BERTHECOURT 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]
Hairdresser1ART ET NUANCESINSEE 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: 947 peak 2012: 1,635 2023: 1,564 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,635 (2012) → 1,564 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,153 (1990) → 1,564 (2023): 35.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 670, of which 1.5 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.0 km E (Hermes)GP — 1.4 km E (Hermes)Pharmacy — 3.4 km N (Bailleul-sur-Thérain)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.0 km EGP — 1.4 km EPharmacy — 3.4 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 (Berthecourt): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Hermes): 1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Hermes): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Bailleul-sur-Thérain): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Berthecourt): 0.4 km to the south-east (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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BEAUVAIS-TILLE weather station, 12.5 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 63 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at BEAUVAIS-TILLE, 12.5 km away at 89 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 710 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BRESLES, 6 km away at 56 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 — 60065/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60065/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60065/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60065/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60065
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60313
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60041
  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
L'Albenc38519 km SE1,25542.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Tacoignières7870 km SW1,21939.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vennecy45156 km S2,04736.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 96 %
Espondeilhan34662 km S1,26838.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sauveur-des-Landes35282 km W1,56540Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 66 %
Maizières-la-Grande-Paroisse10148 km SE1,52839.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Tacoignières7870 km SW1,21939.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Maizières-la-Grande-Paroisse10148 km SE1,52839.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Vennecy45156 km S2,04736.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Sauveur-des-Landes35282 km W1,56540Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 66 %
L'Albenc38519 km SE1,25542.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Espondeilhan34662 km S1,26838.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 59 % · 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 Berthecourt'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
Tacoignières7870 km SW1,21939.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Courpalay7795 km SE1,61044.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Moussy-le-Vieux7745 km SE1,46931.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Gazeran7886 km SW1,49248.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Monthyon7758 km SE1,75645.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Soulgé-sur-Ouette53250 km SW1,06332.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %