Beaurain

Nord · CC du Pays Solesmois · INSEE 59060

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

Few services 22.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beaurain (INSEE 59060) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays Solesmois. Population 234 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 16,894 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.86	10	8.6
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 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0	INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0	INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0	INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0	INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0	INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0	INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0	INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0	INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0	INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
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: 161 2023: 234 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 221 (2012) → 234 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 172 (1990) → 234 (2023): 36 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 94, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 1.6 km EPrimary school — 2.6 km NEGP — 3.8 km EPharmacy — 4.2 km W 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 (Vendegies-au-Bois): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaurain): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Poix-du-Nord): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Solesmes): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Neuville-en-Avesnois): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.5

Days at or below 0 °C 52

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 17.7 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 123 m. ^[13]

The village sits 73 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 17.7 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 73 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LE QUESNOY, 9.9 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59060/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59060/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59060/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59060/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59607
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59060
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59464
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59571
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59425
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
Westrehem	62	95 km NW	246	18.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Olley	54	195 km SE	220	17.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Plessis-de-Roye	60	85 km SW	245	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-en-Drouais	28	231 km SW	226	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Faissault	08	94 km SE	255	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Dignonville	88	304 km SE	208	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plessis-de-Roye	60	85 km SW	245	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Faissault	08	94 km SE	255	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Westrehem	62	95 km NW	246	18.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Olley	54	195 km SE	220	17.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Boissy-en-Drouais	28	231 km SW	226	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Dignonville	88	304 km SE	208	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · 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 Beaurain'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
Plessis-de-Roye	60	85 km SW	245	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Glatigny	60	141 km SW	216	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fauville	27	213 km SW	313	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lalœuf	54	261 km SE	306	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Maissemy	02	41 km SW	232	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mingoval	62	73 km W	228	12.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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