Cousolre

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59157

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 51.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cousolre (INSEE 59157) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 2,153 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59157-cousolre

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 9,123 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.78	20	15.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.37	10	3.71
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES SECRETS DU SUCRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (PETIT CASINO · NETTO). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (CAFE DE LA POSTE · LE CANARI · LES SECRETS DU SUCRE · FRITERIE DES HAIES · LA RUSTICA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LEON DEJARDIN). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ALFRED JENNEPIN). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC LENGAGNE, MÉDECIN · MICHEL LEMAITRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE LA THURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE COULSORE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NANCY ET SON SALON). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES SECRETS DU SUCRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	2	PETIT CASINO · NETTO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	CAFE DE LA POSTE · LE CANARI · LES SECRETS DU SUCRE · FRITERIE DES HAIES · LA RUSTICA	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LEON DEJARDIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ALFRED JENNEPIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ERIC LENGAGNE, MÉDECIN · MICHEL LEMAITRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DE LA THURE	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	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE COULSORE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	1	NANCY ET SON SALON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 3,004 2023: 2,153 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,355 (2012) → 2,153 (2023): -8.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,471 (1990) → 2,153 (2023): -12.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,176, of which 3.5 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Cousolre): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Cousolre): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cousolre): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cousolre): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cousolre): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.2

Days at or below 0 °C 49.6

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAUBEUGE weather station, 13.7 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 166 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 19.7 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DIMONT, 11.3 km away at 192 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59157/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2023-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/87900a14-f7c2-3454-b4b0-20b43ea94e5a— “Marché hebdomadaire de Cousolre”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59157/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59157/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59157/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59157
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
Monthermé	08	57 km SE	2,138	53.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Ligueil	37	432 km SW	2,105	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Marolles-les-Braults	72	356 km SW	2,039	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 100 %
La Ferté-Milon	02	140 km SW	2,027	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Val-d'Arc	73	547 km S	2,026	62.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Muizon	51	109 km S	2,081	46.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Monthermé	08	57 km SE	2,138	53.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Muizon	51	109 km S	2,081	46.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferté-Milon	02	140 km SW	2,027	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Marolles-les-Braults	72	356 km SW	2,039	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 100 %
Ligueil	37	432 km SW	2,105	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Val-d'Arc	73	547 km S	2,026	62.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Cousolre'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
La Ferté-Milon	02	140 km SW	2,027	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Juilly	77	172 km SW	2,036	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Janville-en-Beauce	28	281 km SW	2,464	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gueux	51	112 km S	1,907	61.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Gondreville	54	216 km SE	2,635	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bréval	78	238 km SW	2,151	60.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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