Ponchon

Oise · CC Thelloise · INSEE 60504

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

Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ponchon (INSEE 60504) is in Oise (60), part of CC Thelloise. Population 1,163 (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/60504-ponchon

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 13,394 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.9	10	9
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UN PTIT BOUT DU TOUS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PONCHON). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (VICKY BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	UN PTIT BOUT DU TOUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES FAIENCIERS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PONCHON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	VICKY BEAUTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 630 2023: 1,163 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,092 (2012) → 1,163 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 831 (1990) → 1,163 (2023): 40 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 535, of which 10.3 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.9 km SBakery — 2.1 km EPharmacy — 4.3 km NE 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): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ponchon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Noailles): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bailleul-sur-Thérain): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Ponchon): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.2

Days at or below 0 °C 53

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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. ^[12]

Measured at the BEAUVAIS-TILLE weather station, 11.9 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 82 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BEAUVAIS-TILLE, 11.9 km away at 89 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINTE-GENEVIEVE, 6 km away at 209 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60504/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60504/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60504/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60504/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 60065
INSEE BPE 2025 — 60504
INSEE BPE 2025 — 60462
INSEE BPE 2025 — 60041
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Abilly	37	289 km SW	1,116	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Arthon	36	298 km S	1,215	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lunay	41	196 km SW	1,272	32	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Azay-sur-Thouet	79	357 km SW	1,114	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes	85	418 km SW	1,213	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Audrieu	14	203 km W	1,167	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lunay	41	196 km SW	1,272	32	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Audrieu	14	203 km W	1,167	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Abilly	37	289 km SW	1,116	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Arthon	36	298 km S	1,215	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Azay-sur-Thouet	79	357 km SW	1,114	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes	85	418 km SW	1,213	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Ponchon'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle du Lou du Lac	35	332 km W	1,050	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Barthélemy	56	416 km W	1,197	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Nucourt	95	33 km SW	719	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Courcité	53	213 km SW	797	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-de-Lerps	07	524 km SE	1,034	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mignières	28	124 km SW	1,163	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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