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Bruille-lez-Marchiennes

Nord · CA Coeur d'Ostrevent · INSEE 59113

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

Few services 27.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bruille-lez-Marchiennes (INSEE 59113) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur d'Ostrevent. Population 1,340 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59113-bruille-lez-marchiennes

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 12,437 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 food0250
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.69106.87
Housing mix0.9754.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA MAIRIE). [4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTOPHE NORMAND, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRUILLE LEZ MARCHIENNES AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BRUILLE LEZ MARCHIENNES). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 / bar1CAFE DE LA MAIRIEINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1CHRISTOPHE NORMAND, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1BRUILLE LEZ MARCHIENNES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BRUILLE LEZ MARCHIENNESINSEE 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: 1,092 peak 2017: 1,345 2023: 1,340 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,327 (2012) → 1,340 (2023): 1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,129 (1990) → 1,340 (2023): 18.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 543, of which 1.3 % second homes and 1.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.9 km E (Somain)Food shop — 2.1 km NW (Pecquencourt)Pharmacy — 2.5 km NE (Rieulay)
In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.9 km EFood shop — 2.1 km NWPharmacy — 2.5 km NE 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 (Somain): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pecquencourt): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Bruille-lez-Marchiennes): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Rieulay): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Bruille-lez-Marchiennes): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the PECQUENCOURT weather station, 4 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 29 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 16 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. [12]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at PECQUENCOURT, 4 km away at 19 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59113/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59113/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59113/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59113/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59574
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59456
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59113
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59501
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Saint-Laurent-de-Brèvedent76232 km W1,49626Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Ferrière-la-Petite5957 km E1,02424Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-la-Rivière66853 km S1,36038.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 14 %
Toussus-le-Noble78197 km SW1,17246.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Meyrié38555 km S1,09638.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Wannehain5924 km N1,33828Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Wannehain5924 km N1,33828Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ferrière-la-Petite5957 km E1,02424Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Toussus-le-Noble78197 km SW1,17246.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Brèvedent76232 km W1,49626Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Meyrié38555 km S1,09638.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-la-Rivière66853 km S1,36038.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Bruille-lez-Marchiennes'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ferrière-la-Petite5957 km E1,02424Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Toussus-le-Noble78197 km SW1,17246.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Wannehain5924 km N1,33828Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Roncherolles-sur-le-Vivier76177 km SW1,24524.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Les Loges-en-Josas78194 km SW1,64524.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Moncheaux5916 km NW1,66342.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %