Houdancourt

Identity

Houdancourt (INSEE 60318) is in Oise (60), part of CC de la Plaine d'Estrées. Population 680 (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/60318-houdancourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 16,533 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA BOKITERAIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 593 (2012) → 680 (2023): 14.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 518 (1990) → 680 (2023): 31.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 280, of which 1.4 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chevrières): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Martin-Longueau): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chevrières): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chevrières): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Houdancourt): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CREIL weather station, 13.4 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 35 m. ^[11]

The village sits 53 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CREIL, 13.4 km away at 88 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 53 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 664 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHEVRIERES, 2.4 km away at 32 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 — 60318/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60318/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60318/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60318/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60149
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60587
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60318
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024