Bermerain

Identity

Bermerain (INSEE 59069) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays Solesmois. Population 778 (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/59069-bermerain

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 15,796 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DU HAINAUT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AMÉLIE BESIN, MÉDECIN · PASCAL DURIEZ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BERMERAIN AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CHANGER D HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 667 (2012) → 778 (2023): 16.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 693 (1990) → 778 (2023): 12.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 341, of which 0 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Quérénaing): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bermerain): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Pharmacy (Vendegies-sur-Écaillon): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bermerain): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

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. ^[11]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 9.8 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 69 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 9.8 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE QUESNOY, 9.3 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

51 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 165,000 € — 1,343 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Nord is 1,802 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59069/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59069/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59069/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59069/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59480
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59069
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59608
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025