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Bousignies-sur-Roc

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59101

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

No daily shops 18.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bousignies-sur-Roc (INSEE 59101) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 369 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59101-bousignies-sur-roc

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 18,051 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.42104.2
Housing mix0.8954.44

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 1 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) (BOUCHERIE GEENEN). [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE BOUSIGNIES-SUR-ROC). [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. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE GEENENINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE BOUSIGNIES-SUR-ROCINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 526 peak 1975: 531 2023: 369 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 434 (2012) → 369 (2023): -15 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 401 (1990) → 369 (2023): -8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 5.6 % second homes and 16 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 2.7 km SW (Cousolre)Bakery — 2.8 km SW (Cousolre)Primary school — 2.8 km SW (Cousolre)Pharmacy — 2.8 km SW (Cousolre)
In the commune Food shop GP — 2.7 km SWBakery — 2.8 km SWPrimary school — 2.8 km SWPharmacy — 2.8 km SW 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 (Cousolre): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bousignies-sur-Roc): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Cousolre): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Cousolre): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Cousolre): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [10]

Measured at the MAUBEUGE weather station, 15.3 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 156 m. [10]

An average of 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at DIMONT, 14.1 km away at 192 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59101/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59101/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59101/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59101/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59157
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59101
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Havernas80141 km W37820.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Sorans-lès-Breurey70347 km SE41925.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 76 %
Villers-devant-le-Thour0884 km S41422.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 %
Passonfontaine25387 km SE33124.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 54 %
Éclans-Nenon39364 km S37114.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 76 %
Marolles-sous-Lignières10258 km S37115.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 69 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villers-devant-le-Thour0884 km S41422.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 %
Havernas80141 km W37820.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Marolles-sous-Lignières10258 km S37115.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 69 %
Sorans-lès-Breurey70347 km SE41925.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 76 %
Éclans-Nenon39364 km S37114.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 76 %
Passonfontaine25387 km SE33124.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 54 %

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