Berlaimont

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59068

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

Few services 37.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Berlaimont (INSEE 59068) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 3,159 (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 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59068-berlaimont

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 6,826 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.11	10	1.11
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.43	10	4.3
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (O FOUR NETO). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCINELLE EXPRESS · B.S.A). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (AU MINI PLAISIR · DENIZ). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE A DENOYELLE). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MORMAL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT MICHEL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE DE LA LIBERTE). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE GILLES DE CHIN · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE DE LA LIBERTE - COLLEGE). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE BERLAIMONT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE CHARLES ET EDMOND GUNY). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (CHEZ BERKANI). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	O FOUR NETO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	COCCINELLE EXPRESS · B.S.A	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	4	AU MINI PLAISIR · DENIZ	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE A DENOYELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MORMAL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT MICHEL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE DE LA LIBERTE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE GILLES DE CHIN · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE DE LA LIBERTE - COLLEGE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE MORMAL	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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE BERLAIMONT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE CHARLES ET EDMOND GUNY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	CHEZ BERKANI	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 3,836 2023: 3,159 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,146 (2012) → 3,159 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 3,398 (1990) → 3,159 (2023): -7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,593, of which 1.3 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.9 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 (Berlaimont): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Berlaimont): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aulnoye-Aymeries): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Berlaimont): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.3

Days at or below 0 °C 46.2

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 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE weather station, 10 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 134 m. ^[11]

The village sits 51 m below 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 10 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 51 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 10 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59068/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2023-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/5400b21c-0f08-3820-9c4a-6a1c76152a17— “Marché hebdomadaire de Berlaimont”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59068/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59068/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59068/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59068
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59033
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
Magnac-sur-Touvre	16	570 km SW	3,255	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Champcueil	91	212 km SW	2,854	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Fretin	59	63 km NW	3,214	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Creuzier-le-Vieux	03	450 km S	3,205	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Malissard	26	596 km S	3,294	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Héricy	77	209 km S	2,507	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fretin	59	63 km NW	3,214	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Héricy	77	209 km S	2,507	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Champcueil	91	212 km SW	2,854	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Creuzier-le-Vieux	03	450 km S	3,205	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Magnac-sur-Touvre	16	570 km SW	3,255	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Malissard	26	596 km S	3,294	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Berlaimont'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
Fretin	59	63 km NW	3,214	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Gorcy	54	153 km SE	2,971	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Labourse	62	87 km NW	2,858	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bailly	78	197 km SW	3,731	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Wahagnies	59	64 km NW	2,613	55.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Escautpont	59	31 km NW	4,202	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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