Avesnes-le-Sec

Nord · CA de la Porte du Hainaut · INSEE 59038

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avesnes-le-Sec (INSEE 59038) is in Nord (59), part of CA de la Porte du Hainaut. Population 1,458 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/59038-avesnes-le-sec

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 11,843 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.55	10	5.5
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE MERESSE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ VEVE ET MUMU). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUIS ARAGON). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-PHILIPPE BRICQUET, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE NAYE). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AVESNES LE SEC AGENCE COMMUNALE AP). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SITE DE LA MORQUENNES). ^[4]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFF ET MOI). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE MERESSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ VEVE ET MUMU	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUIS ARAGON	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JEAN-PHILIPPE BRICQUET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE NAYE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	AVESNES LE SEC AGENCE COMMUNALE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SITE DE LA MORQUENNES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	4	COIFF ET MOI	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,618 2023: 1,458 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,405 (2012) → 1,458 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,389 (1990) → 1,458 (2023): 5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 656, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km SEBakery — 3.3 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 (Haspres): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Avesnes-le-Sec): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avesnes-le-Sec): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Avesnes-le-Sec): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Avesnes-le-Sec): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 10.7 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 60 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 10.7 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, 5.5 km away at 35 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59038/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59038/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59038/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59038/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59285
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59038
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
Rozier-en-Donzy	42	500 km S	1,456	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Plumaudan	22	451 km SW	1,421	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Grez-sur-Loing	77	221 km S	1,432	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Crépy	02	73 km S	1,812	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sylvain	14	291 km SW	1,474	52.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Rumilly-en-Cambrésis	59	18 km SW	1,431	36	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rumilly-en-Cambrésis	59	18 km SW	1,431	36	Few services	no figures
Crépy	02	73 km S	1,812	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Grez-sur-Loing	77	221 km S	1,432	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sylvain	14	291 km SW	1,474	52.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Plumaudan	22	451 km SW	1,421	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Rozier-en-Donzy	42	500 km S	1,456	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Avesnes-le-Sec'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
Crépy	02	73 km S	1,812	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Haye-Malherbe	27	201 km SW	1,409	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Homblières	02	44 km S	1,412	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Troissereux	60	128 km SW	1,374	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Coulans-sur-Gée	72	348 km SW	1,605	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Wardrecques	62	89 km NW	1,328	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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