Abscon

Nord · CA de la Porte du Hainaut · INSEE 59002

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Abscon (INSEE 59002) is in Nord (59), part of CA de la Porte du Hainaut. Population 4,108 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59002-abscon

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 2 % of the 5,491 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	0.07	25	1.84
Social	0.31	20	6.15
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.54	10	5.39
Housing mix	1	5	4.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BOUSSETA M'HAMED). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUX DELICES D'ABSCON · PIZZA HOUSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE VIEUX SALOIR). ^[4]

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARIUS ASSEZ · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULIEN BEAUVILLAIN). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CORINNE LESAGE, MÉDECIN · PASCAL PRZYBYLSKI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MELLADO). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (ESPACE SOCIOCULTUREL DES ACACIAS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF EMILE MOLLET). ^[3]

10 × Hairdresser (SALUT LES 60 · MILLENIUM COIFFURE · SORAYA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BOUSSETA M'HAMED	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	AUX DELICES D'ABSCON · PIZZA HOUSE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE VIEUX SALOIR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE JULES FERRY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARIUS ASSEZ · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULIEN BEAUVILLAIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	CORINNE LESAGE, MÉDECIN · PASCAL PRZYBYLSKI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE MELLADO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	ESPACE SOCIOCULTUREL DES ACACIAS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF EMILE MOLLET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	10	SALUT LES 60 · MILLENIUM COIFFURE · SORAYA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 4,899 2023: 4,108 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,276 (2012) → 4,108 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,954 (1990) → 4,108 (2023): 3.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,965, of which 0.2 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.5 km NW 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 (Somain): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Abscon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Abscon): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Abscon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PECQUENCOURT weather station, 8.5 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 11.4 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOUCHAIN, 7.4 km away at 35 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59002/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59002/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59002/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59002/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59574
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59002
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
Villerest	42	485 km S	5,172	45	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Indre	44	504 km SW	4,160	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Redessan	30	729 km S	4,211	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Morin	77	165 km S	3,902	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Montigny-en-Ostrevent	59	8.8 km NW	4,495	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rœulx	59	3.9 km SE	3,743	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rœulx	59	3.9 km SE	3,743	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Montigny-en-Ostrevent	59	8.8 km NW	4,495	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Morin	77	165 km S	3,902	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Villerest	42	485 km S	5,172	45	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Indre	44	504 km SW	4,160	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Redessan	30	729 km S	4,211	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Abscon'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
Montigny-en-Ostrevent	59	8.8 km NW	4,495	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rœulx	59	3.9 km SE	3,743	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lourches	59	4.3 km SE	3,734	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saclay	91	196 km SW	4,437	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Haveluy	59	7.7 km E	3,222	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Brebières	62	20 km W	5,283	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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