Bachant

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59041

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

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bachant (INSEE 59041) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 2,230 (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/59041-bachant

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 8,890 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.39	10	3.93
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (FACTORY BURGER). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BACHANT). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANNE GODEAU). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NATHALIE FLAMENT-THERIER, MÉDECIN · EMMANUEL GRASSART, MÉDECIN · MARTINE GRASSART, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

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

5 × Hairdresser (NATAFF COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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	2	LIDL · ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	FACTORY BURGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE BACHANT	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANNE GODEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	NATHALIE FLAMENT-THERIER, MÉDECIN · EMMANUEL GRASSART, MÉDECIN · MARTINE GRASSART, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE MOREAU	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	NATAFF COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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: 2,750 2023: 2,230 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,392 (2012) → 2,230 (2023): -6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,498 (1990) → 2,230 (2023): -10.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,044, of which 0.6 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.5 km SWBakery — 1.6 km SW 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 (Aulnoye-Aymeries): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bachant): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bachant): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bachant): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.8

Days at or below 0 °C 50.5

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE weather station, 8.6 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 138 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 8.6 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 8.6 km away at 185 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 — 59041/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59041/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59041/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59041/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59033
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59041
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
Sainte-Marguerite	88	313 km SE	2,234	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Saulnes	54	159 km SE	2,259	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fitz-James	60	138 km SW	2,514	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Zillisheim	68	375 km SE	2,561	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Franois	25	364 km SE	2,257	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Haulchin	59	33 km W	2,281	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Haulchin	59	33 km W	2,281	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fitz-James	60	138 km SW	2,514	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saulnes	54	159 km SE	2,259	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Marguerite	88	313 km SE	2,234	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Franois	25	364 km SE	2,257	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Zillisheim	68	375 km SE	2,561	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · 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 Bachant'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
Saulnes	54	159 km SE	2,259	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fitz-James	60	138 km SW	2,514	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Haulchin	59	33 km W	2,281	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mexy	54	158 km SE	2,300	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Valmont	57	239 km SE	3,041	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-sur-Sambre	59	1.6 km NW	2,371	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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