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Héricourt-sur-Thérain

Oise · CC de la Picardie Verte · INSEE 60312

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 16.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Héricourt-sur-Thérain (INSEE 60312) is in Oise (60), part of CC de la Picardie Verte. Population 113 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/60312-hericourt-sur-therain

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 11,635 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.7653.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hairdresser1INSEE 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: 86 peak 2017: 126 2023: 113 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 121 (2012) → 113 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 73 (1990) → 113 (2023): 54.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 58, of which 12.1 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 1.4 km SW (Villers-Vermont)Bakery — 4.0 km N (Campeaux)Food shop — 7.6 km SE (Songeons)GP — 7.6 km SE (Songeons)Pharmacy — 7.6 km SE (Songeons)
Primary school — 1.4 km SWBakery — 4.0 km NFood shop — 7.6 km SEGP — 7.6 km SEPharmacy — 7.6 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 (Campeaux): 4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Songeons): 7.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Songeons): 7.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Songeons): 7.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Villers-Vermont): 1.4 km to the south-west (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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SAINT-ARNOULT weather station, 5.1 km away at 206 m; the village itself is at 161 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at SAINT-ARNOULT, 5.1 km away at 206 m, over 24 summers. [11]

An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-ARNOULT, 5.1 km away at 206 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 — 60312/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60312/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60312/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60312/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60122
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60623
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60691
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Arnay-sous-Vitteaux21312 km SE1136.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Tachoires32685 km S11512.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Ambrus47606 km S11015.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Montvert15511 km S1128.6No daily shopsno figures
Rennes-en-Grenouilles53205 km SW1129.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Loubédat32662 km S1179.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rennes-en-Grenouilles53205 km SW1129.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Arnay-sous-Vitteaux21312 km SE1136.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Montvert15511 km S1128.6No daily shopsno figures
Ambrus47606 km S11015.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Loubédat32662 km S1179.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Tachoires32685 km S11512.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · 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 Héricourt-sur-Thérain'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
Dhuizel02136 km E11412.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Carville-Pot-de-Fer7676 km W10810No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Ommoy61153 km SW11713.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lignières-en-Vimeu8037 km N1089.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Marie-Outre-l'Eau14214 km W12412.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Vaux-Montreuil08202 km E11014.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %