Boussières-en-Cambrésis

Nord · CA du Caudrésis et du Catésis · INSEE 59102

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

Few services 20.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boussières-en-Cambrésis (INSEE 59102) is in Nord (59), part of CA du Caudrésis et du Catésis. Population 436 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 17,925 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.45	10	4.52
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOUSSIÈRES-EN-CAMBRÉSIS). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE CALMETTE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOUSSIÈRES-EN-CAMBRÉSIS	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 502 2023: 436 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 426 (2012) → 436 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 458 (1990) → 436 (2023): -4.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 187, of which 0.5 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km WPharmacy — 1.4 km WFood shop — 1.5 km WGP — 3.6 km N 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 (Carnières): 1.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Carnières): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Avesnes-les-Aubert): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Carnières): 1.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Boussières-en-Cambrésis): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 46.1

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

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 19.3 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 84 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 19.3 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ESCAUDOEUVRES, 8.3 km away at 42 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 — 59102/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59102/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59102/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59102/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59037
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59102
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
Chaignay	21	324 km SE	493	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Donnenheim	67	349 km SE	367	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Alaincourt	02	45 km S	517	20.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Torcy-le-Grand	10	191 km S	433	19.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Trémont-sur-Saulx	55	199 km SE	554	19.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Frugerès-les-Mines	43	532 km S	548	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Alaincourt	02	45 km S	517	20.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Torcy-le-Grand	10	191 km S	433	19.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Trémont-sur-Saulx	55	199 km SE	554	19.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chaignay	21	324 km SE	493	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Donnenheim	67	349 km SE	367	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Frugerès-les-Mines	43	532 km S	548	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Boussières-en-Cambrésis'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
Pontoise-lès-Noyon	60	72 km S	427	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Rumigny	80	87 km SW	613	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bacouel-sur-Selle	80	90 km SW	461	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Guémappe	62	35 km W	408	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saudemont	62	25 km W	409	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fresne-Léguillon	60	142 km SW	440	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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