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Essuiles

Oise · CC du Plateau Picard · INSEE 60222

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

Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Essuiles (INSEE 60222) is in Oise (60), part of CC du Plateau Picard. Population 505 (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/60222-essuiles

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,772 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.86108.65
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.79107.92
Housing mix0.9254.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA ROUE GOURMANDE). [3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB ST RIMAULT). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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]
Restaurant1LA ROUE GOURMANDEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB ST RIMAULTINSEE BPE 2 [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 279 peak 2017: 560 2023: 505 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 555 (2012) → 505 (2023): -9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 391 (1990) → 505 (2023): 29.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 236, of which 4.2 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.7 km N (Montreuil-sur-Brêche)Food shop — 4.2 km SE (Bulles)Pharmacy — 4.2 km SE (Bulles)GP — 4.4 km SE (Bulles)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km NFood shop — 4.2 km SEPharmacy — 4.2 km SEGP — 4.4 km SE 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 (Montreuil-sur-Brêche): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bulles): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Bulles): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Bulles): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Essuiles): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

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, 11 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 126 m. [11]

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

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

An average of 742 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MESNIL-SUR-BULLES, 5.3 km away at 146 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 — 60222/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60222/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60222/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60222/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60425
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60115
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60222
  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-Geoirs38517 km SE49830.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Nogent-sur-Eure28138 km SW51028.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vauchassis10184 km SE50226.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Genès-de-Blaye33527 km SW49127.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 36 %
Bogy07502 km SE48832Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Épégard27107 km W52329.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Épégard27107 km W52329.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 100 %
Nogent-sur-Eure28138 km SW51028.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vauchassis10184 km SE50226.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bogy07502 km SE48832Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Geoirs38517 km SE49830.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Genès-de-Blaye33527 km SW49127.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Essuiles'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-Geoirs38517 km SE49830.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Nogent-sur-Eure28138 km SW51028.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Mézières-en-Santerre8040 km NE52130.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilliers77119 km SE47430.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Lavaganne6027 km NW50235.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Fournival607.8 km E51927.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %