Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes

Nord · CA Valenciennes Métropole · INSEE 59032

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

Partly served 52.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes (INSEE 59032) is in Nord (59), part of CA Valenciennes Métropole. Population 7,080 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). ^[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/59032-aulnoy-lez-valenciennes

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 3,409 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	0.52	25	12.94
Social	0.58	20	11.57
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.62	10	6.21
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.38	10	3.82
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LA SARRASINE · BOULANGERIE LOUISE · LEONIDAS). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (HENRI BOUCHER · GRAND FRAIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL \ ALIMENTATION GENERALE AGADIR). ^[3,4]

3 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR · OTERA · ACTION). ^[3,4]

11 × Restaurant (RAVENALA · LE LIBERTY D'AULNOY · VALS PIZZAS · LE MARANO · SO YUMMY SUSHI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE GEORGES BRASSENS · ECOLE MATERNELLE G BRASSENS). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EMILE ZOLA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES FERRY). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MADAME D'EPINAY). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRÉDÉRIC BOILEAU, MÉDECIN · MARYSE HETROIT CANONNE, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS-XAVIER DESCAMPS, MÉDECIN · FANNY LE GOFF-PAGNIEZ, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS MASCAUT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE PLESSIET · PHARMACIE DEMAILLY · PHARMACIE BOURGMAYER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE FRANCOIS RABELAIS). ^[3]

4 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS F JOLY · COMPLEXE SPORTIF · CENTRE POLYVALENT LEONARD DE VINCI · SALLE DE SPORTS HENRY COUVENT). ^[3]

2 × Bank (SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (L HAIR DU DOMICILIE · AURELIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · OZELINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LA SARRASINE · BOULANGERIE LOUISE · LEONIDAS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	HENRI BOUCHER · GRAND FRAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SARL \ ALIMENTATION GENERALE AGADIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	3	CARREFOUR · OTERA · ACTION	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	11	RAVENALA · LE LIBERTY D'AULNOY · VALS PIZZAS · LE MARANO · SO YUMMY SUSHI	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE GEORGES BRASSENS · ECOLE MATERNELLE G BRASSENS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EMILE ZOLA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES FERRY	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE MADAME D'EPINAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	FRÉDÉRIC BOILEAU, MÉDECIN · MARYSE HETROIT CANONNE, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS-XAVIER DESCAMPS, MÉDECIN · FANNY LE GOFF-PAGNIEZ, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS MASCAUT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	3	SELARL PHARMACIE PLESSIET · PHARMACIE DEMAILLY · PHARMACIE BOURGMAYER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE FRANCOIS RABELAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	4	SALLE DES SPORTS F JOLY · COMPLEXE SPORTIF · CENTRE POLYVALENT LEONARD DE VINCI · SALLE DE SPORTS HENRY COUVENT	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	7	L HAIR DU DOMICILIE · AURELIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · OZELINE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 3,602 peak 1982: 8,759 2023: 7,080 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,438 (2012) → 7,080 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 8,029 (1990) → 7,080 (2023): -11.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,502, of which 0.8 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 0.6 km NWPharmacy — 0.7 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 (Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 46.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 5 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 37 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 5 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VALENCIENNES, 5 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59032/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59032/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59032/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59032/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59032
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
Bétheny	51	122 km S	6,975	54.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Waziers	59	31 km W	7,266	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 100 %
Courtry	77	171 km SW	7,330	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lutterbach	68	395 km SE	6,851	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Beuvrages	59	6.3 km N	6,796	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Coteau	42	480 km S	6,845	62.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beuvrages	59	6.3 km N	6,796	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Waziers	59	31 km W	7,266	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 100 %
Bétheny	51	122 km S	6,975	54.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Courtry	77	171 km SW	7,330	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lutterbach	68	395 km SE	6,851	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Le Coteau	42	480 km S	6,845	62.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes'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
Beuvrages	59	6.3 km N	6,796	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Achicourt	62	55 km W	7,873	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Billy-Montigny	62	45 km W	7,937	68.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fouquières-lès-Lens	62	45 km W	6,087	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Louveciennes	78	193 km SW	7,990	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rouvroy	62	45 km W	8,552	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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