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Cagnoncles

Nord · CA de Cambrai · INSEE 59121

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

Few services 23.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cagnoncles (INSEE 59121) is in Nord (59), part of CA de Cambrai. Population 663 (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/59121-cagnoncles

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 16,638 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.85108.48
Housing mix0.9654.82

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 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (ELODIE.D COIFFURE). [3,4]

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, Library. [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1ELODIE.D COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 555 2023: 663 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 572 (2012) → 663 (2023): 15.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 492 (1990) → 663 (2023): 34.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 282, of which 1.8 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.9 km N (Naves)Bakery — 2.1 km S (Cauroir)GP — 2.9 km W (Escaudœuvres)Pharmacy — 3.2 km NE (Rieux-en-Cambrésis)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.9 km NBakery — 2.1 km SGP — 2.9 km WPharmacy — 3.2 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 (Cauroir): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Naves): 0.9 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Escaudœuvres): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Rieux-en-Cambrésis): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Cagnoncles): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [12]

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 18.6 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 50 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 18.6 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. [13]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at ESCAUDOEUVRES, 3.8 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

What property sold for

32 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 160,975 € — 1,363 € per m² of built surface. [14]

The median across Nord is 1,802 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [14]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59121/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59121/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59121/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59121/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59141
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59422
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59206
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59502
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59121
  13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Obies5935 km E66020.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gilles-de-la-Neuville76221 km W66622.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Peyzieux-sur-Saône01465 km S65424.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Pardon-de-Conques33680 km SW66325Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Issus31765 km S65524.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Marchémoret77133 km S65924.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Obies5935 km E66020.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Marchémoret77133 km S65924.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gilles-de-la-Neuville76221 km W66622.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Peyzieux-sur-Saône01465 km S65424.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Pardon-de-Conques33680 km SW66325Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Issus31765 km S65524.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Cagnoncles'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
Obies5935 km E66020.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Marchémoret77133 km S65924.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Suzanne-sur-Vire50339 km W68524.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Gauville-la-Campagne27205 km SW65221.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Villeneuve-en-Chevrie78183 km SW66522.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Forêt-du-Parc27205 km SW64223.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %