Beaufort

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59058

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beaufort (INSEE 59058) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 995 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59058-beaufort

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 14,364 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	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.4	10	4.05
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE BEAUFORT). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'AUFFIGNIES NIVEAU 1 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'AUFFIGNIES NIVEAU 2). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	1	LE RELAIS DE BEAUFORT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'AUFFIGNIES NIVEAU 1 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'AUFFIGNIES NIVEAU 2	INSEE BPE 2 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,067 peak 1990: 1,100 2023: 995 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 967 (2012) → 995 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,100 (1990) → 995 (2023): -9.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 453, of which 0.7 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.2 km NWFood shop — 4.2 km NWPharmacy — 4.3 km NWGP — 4.8 km NE 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 (Hautmont): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Hautmont): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ferrière-la-Grande): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Hautmont): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Beaufort): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the MAUBEUGE weather station, 6.4 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 166 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 8.1 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at DIMONT, 5.8 km away at 192 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59058/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/f757b778-84aa-3c61-9019-1c5d7c535396— “Tous les mercredi semaine impaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59058/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59058/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59058/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59291
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59230
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59058
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
Bruebach	68	374 km SE	1,042	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Bézu-Saint-Germain	02	129 km S	991	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lévignen	60	136 km SW	1,014	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chauffry	77	165 km S	994	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Morfontaine	54	158 km SE	1,073	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Hargarten-aux-Mines	57	220 km SE	1,073	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bézu-Saint-Germain	02	129 km S	991	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lévignen	60	136 km SW	1,014	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Morfontaine	54	158 km SE	1,073	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chauffry	77	165 km S	994	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Hargarten-aux-Mines	57	220 km SE	1,073	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bruebach	68	374 km SE	1,042	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · 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 Beaufort'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
Bézu-Saint-Germain	02	129 km S	991	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lévignen	60	136 km SW	1,014	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Morfontaine	54	158 km SE	1,073	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Hargarten-aux-Mines	57	220 km SE	1,073	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Rablais	77	202 km S	913	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Louvigné	53	411 km SW	1,193	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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