Aibes

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59003

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

Few services 24.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aibes (INSEE 59003) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 350 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 18,079 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.38	10	3.75
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 314 peak 1990: 400 2023: 350 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 376 (2012) → 350 (2023): -6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 400 (1990) → 350 (2023): -12.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 163, of which 2.5 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km NWGP — 2.8 km NWFood shop — 3.9 km EPharmacy — 4.4 km E 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 (Colleret): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cousolre): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Colleret): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cousolre): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Aibes): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.8

Days at or below 0 °C 51

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAUBEUGE weather station, 9.8 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 195 m. ^[11]

The village sits 53 m above 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 ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 15.7 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DIMONT, 7.5 km away at 192 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59003/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59003/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59003/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59003/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59151
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59157
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59003
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
Lieudieu	38	537 km S	345	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Fagnon	08	68 km SE	339	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Chambœuf	21	340 km S	374	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-de-Meilhan	47	710 km SW	341	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 64 % · humidity 57 %
Ascarat	64	885 km SW	348	28	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Léger-de-Balson	33	731 km SW	328	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fagnon	08	68 km SE	339	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Chambœuf	21	340 km S	374	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Lieudieu	38	537 km S	345	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-de-Meilhan	47	710 km SW	341	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 64 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Léger-de-Balson	33	731 km SW	328	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %
Ascarat	64	885 km SW	348	28	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Aibes'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
Sains-lès-Marquion	62	73 km W	310	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-lès-Longuyon	54	131 km SE	412	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-d'Anxure	53	416 km SW	354	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Clerques	62	161 km NW	312	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Noyelles-sur-Sambre	59	23 km SW	283	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Roye-sur-Matz	60	119 km SW	448	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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