Assevent

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59021

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

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Assevent (INSEE 59021) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 1,769 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59021-assevent

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 10,429 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.41	10	4.12
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE CALLIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (A LA BONNE FRITE ASSEVENTOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE MICHEL LO GIACO). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ASSEVENT AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MARCEL PAGNOL MARCEL PAGNOL). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (ING COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE CALLIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	ALDI MARCHE	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	1	A LA BONNE FRITE ASSEVENTOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	GROUPE SCOLAIRE MICHEL LO GIACO	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	1	ASSEVENT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MARCEL PAGNOL MARCEL PAGNOL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ING COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 924 peak 1990: 1,940 2023: 1,769 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,839 (2012) → 1,769 (2023): -3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,940 (1990) → 1,769 (2023): -8.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 850, of which 0.8 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 0.6 km EFood shop — 1.1 km EPharmacy — 1.2 km SGP — 1.3 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 (Assevent): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Assevent): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Boussois): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rousies): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Assevent): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.2

Days at or below 0 °C 49.6

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAUBEUGE weather station, 3.6 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 138 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 16.8 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MAUBEUGE, 3.6 km away at 142 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 — 59021/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59021/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59021/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59021/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59021
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59104
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59514
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
Distroff	57	193 km SE	1,828	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 %
Laloubère	65	842 km S	1,846	49.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Enval	63	493 km S	1,596	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Buchères	10	228 km S	2,055	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Gometz-la-Ville	91	225 km SW	1,536	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Creissels	12	693 km S	1,568	42	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Distroff	57	193 km SE	1,828	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 %
Gometz-la-Ville	91	225 km SW	1,536	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Buchères	10	228 km S	2,055	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Enval	63	493 km S	1,596	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Creissels	12	693 km S	1,568	42	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Laloubère	65	842 km S	1,846	49.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · 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 Assevent'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
Gometz-la-Ville	91	225 km SW	1,536	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bachy	59	61 km NW	1,898	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fontenay-le-Vicomte	91	226 km SW	1,596	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rœux	62	79 km W	1,381	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Jaux	60	134 km SW	2,243	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Richardménil	54	245 km SE	2,389	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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