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Chemy

Nord · CC Pévèle-Carembault · INSEE 59145

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

Few services 22.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chemy (INSEE 59145) is in Nord (59), part of CC Pévèle-Carembault. Population 766 (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/59145-chemy

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 15,909 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 & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.64106.45
Housing mix0.9654.78

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 1 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 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LOUIS MALLE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DIDIER FLAMENT). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON BRIGITTE). [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. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE LOUIS MALLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE DIDIER FLAMENTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1SALON BRIGITTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 314 peak 2017: 768 2023: 766 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 710 (2012) → 766 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 669 (1990) → 766 (2023): 14.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 325, of which 2.2 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.2 km NW (Gondecourt)Pharmacy — 1.4 km NW (Gondecourt)Food shop — 1.5 km NW (Gondecourt)GP — 1.9 km NW (Gondecourt)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.2 km NWPharmacy — 1.4 km NWFood shop — 1.5 km NWGP — 1.9 km NW 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 (Gondecourt): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Gondecourt): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Gondecourt): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Gondecourt): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Chemy): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

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 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LILLE-LESQUIN weather station, 8.2 km away at 47 m; the village itself is at 26 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 8.2 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at WAVRIN, 4.6 km away at 24 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59145/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59145/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59145/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59145/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59266
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59145
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Breuil-Bois-Robert78199 km SW76424.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage38643 km S78423Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 64 %
Saliès81741 km S80624.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Machemont60116 km S83023.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Le Monteil43612 km S69124Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Monceaux60139 km S94726.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Machemont60116 km S83023.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Monceaux60139 km S94726.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Breuil-Bois-Robert78199 km SW76424.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Le Monteil43612 km S69124Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage38643 km S78423Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 64 %
Saliès81741 km S80624.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Chemy'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
Breuil-Bois-Robert78199 km SW76424.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Soindres78199 km SW75723.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Péronne-en-Mélantois5913 km E1,02523.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pelves6228 km S77019No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Oisy5937 km SE69925Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Baron-sur-Odon14294 km SW1,15423.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %