Boussois
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Boussois (INSEE 59104) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 3,123 (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 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59104-boussois
Vitality score
Vitality score 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 12 % of the 6,888 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 | 0.22 | 25 | 5.53 |
| Social | 0.37 | 20 | 7.49 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.4 | 10 | 4.02 |
| Housing mix | 1 | 5 | 4.99 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES GATEAUX DE MIKA). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCINELLE EXPRESS). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE FOURNIL DE BOUSSOIS). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE BELLEVUE). [4]
2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DU CENTRE · ECOLE MATERNELLE DOLTO - MAROC). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DANIELLE CASANOVA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ERNEST CARLIN). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERNARD OLEKSA, MÉDECIN · MOHAMED TEBBACHE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BOUSSOIS LPAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (LECLERCQ EVE · LE MIROIR DORE · JW COIFFURES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket. [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LES GATEAUX DE MIKA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | COCCINELLE EXPRESS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | LE FOURNIL DE BOUSSOIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE BELLEVUE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 2 | ECOLE MATERNELLE DU CENTRE · ECOLE MATERNELLE DOLTO - MAROC | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DANIELLE CASANOVA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ERNEST CARLIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | BERNARD OLEKSA, MÉDECIN · MOHAMED TEBBACHE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | BOUSSOIS LPAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DES SPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 5 | LECLERCQ EVE · LE MIROIR DORE · JW COIFFURES | 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
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,222 (2012) → 3,123 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,461 (1990) → 3,123 (2023): -9.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,415, of which 0.1 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Boussois): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Boussois): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Boussois): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Recquignies): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Boussois): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [11]
Measured at the MAUBEUGE weather station, 5.6 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 131 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, 18 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. [11]
That station sits 54 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 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MAUBEUGE, 5.6 km away at 142 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59104/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2023-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/3819dc33-8282-3669-8206-9ff2f2b75080— “Le marché hebdomadaire prend place chaque Mardi, sur la place”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59104/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59104/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59104/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59104
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59495
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montberon | 31 | 756 km S | 3,158 | 42.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 % |
| Lavérune | 34 | 746 km S | 3,302 | 52.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 % |
| Renage | 38 | 562 km S | 3,348 | 45.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin | 45 | 313 km SW | 3,261 | 43.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neauphle-le-Château | 78 | 225 km SW | 3,250 | 45 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fontanil-Cornillon | 38 | 573 km S | 3,404 | 47.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neauphle-le-Château | 78 | 225 km SW | 3,250 | 45 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin | 45 | 313 km SW | 3,261 | 43.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Renage | 38 | 562 km S | 3,348 | 45.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fontanil-Cornillon | 38 | 573 km S | 3,404 | 47.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lavérune | 34 | 746 km S | 3,302 | 52.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 % |
| Montberon | 31 | 756 km S | 3,158 | 42.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 97 % · 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 Boussois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bischoffsheim | 67 | 320 km SE | 3,342 | 44.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bruyères-le-Châtel | 91 | 231 km SW | 3,788 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saultain | 59 | 33 km W | 2,499 | 51.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rousies | 59 | 3.1 km SW | 3,980 | 40.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gorcy | 54 | 145 km SE | 2,971 | 50.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ormes | 45 | 307 km SW | 4,376 | 43.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
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