Cantin

Nord · CA Douaisis Agglo · INSEE 59126

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

Few services 30.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cantin (INSEE 59126) is in Nord (59), part of CA Douaisis Agglo. Population 1,741 (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/59126-cantin

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 15 % of the 10,526 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.77	10	7.68
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXILOT). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CANTINE). ^[3,4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE ERRA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CATHERINE ANSART). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CANTIN MAIRIE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (EQUINOXE COIFFURE · KARINE COIFF . · G L'HAIR LIBRE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire). ^[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)	1	PROXILOT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	LA CANTINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PIERRE ERRA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CATHERINE ANSART	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CANTIN MAIRIE	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	5	EQUINOXE COIFFURE · KARINE COIFF . · G L'HAIR LIBRE	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

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,246 2023: 1,741 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,499 (2012) → 1,741 (2023): 16.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,373 (1990) → 1,741 (2023): 26.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 753, of which 0.4 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 2.3 km NWBakery — 3.5 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 (Arleux): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cantin): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cantin): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cantin): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gœulzin): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 45.6

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 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DOUAI weather station, 9.7 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 42 m. ^[11]

An average of 725 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DOUAI, 9.7 km away at 26 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59126/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59126/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59126/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59126/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59015
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59126
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59263
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
Hélesmes	59	18 km E	1,907	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 100 %
Tercis-les-Bains	40	805 km SW	1,359	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 70 %
Lagarrigue	81	751 km S	1,784	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 84 %
Cazilhac	11	794 km S	1,664	46.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Jean-d'Arvey	73	567 km SE	1,721	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 30 %
Baldersheim	68	417 km SE	2,596	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hélesmes	59	18 km E	1,907	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 100 %
Baldersheim	68	417 km SE	2,596	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Jean-d'Arvey	73	567 km SE	1,721	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 30 %
Lagarrigue	81	751 km S	1,784	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 84 %
Cazilhac	11	794 km S	1,664	46.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 65 %
Tercis-les-Bains	40	805 km SW	1,359	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 70 %

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