Boulogne-sur-Helpe

Nord · CC Coeur de l'Avesnois · INSEE 59093

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boulogne-sur-Helpe (INSEE 59093) is in Nord (59), part of CC Coeur de l'Avesnois. Population 291 (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 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 17,748 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.41	10	4.12
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 15). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 15	INSEE BPE 1 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 387 2023: 291 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 326 (2012) → 291 (2023): -10.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 319 (1990) → 291 (2023): -8.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 156, of which 5.8 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 3.2 km SEBakery — 3.3 km SEGP — 3.3 km SEFood shop — 3.8 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 (Étrœungt): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cartignies): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Étrœungt): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Étrœungt): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Boulogne-sur-Helpe): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE weather station, 7.6 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 162 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 7.6 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[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, 7.6 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 — 59093/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59093/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59093/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59093/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59218
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59134
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59093
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
Selles	62	158 km NW	299	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice	67	317 km SE	332	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Petitmagny	90	342 km SE	315	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Tagsdorf	68	370 km SE	325	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gilles	71	361 km S	286	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Luc-sur-Aude	11	802 km S	257	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Selles	62	158 km NW	299	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice	67	317 km SE	332	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Petitmagny	90	342 km SE	315	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gilles	71	361 km S	286	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Tagsdorf	68	370 km SE	325	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Luc-sur-Aude	11	802 km S	257	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Boulogne-sur-Helpe'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
Boubiers	60	174 km SW	382	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sailly-au-Bois	62	93 km W	285	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Contay	80	101 km W	305	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Dagny	77	160 km S	305	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Campagne-lès-Guines	62	164 km NW	407	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Bruntel	80	70 km W	290	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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