Dimechaux

Nord · CC Coeur de l'Avesnois · INSEE 59174

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

Few services 21.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dimechaux (INSEE 59174) is in Nord (59), part of CC Coeur de l'Avesnois. Population 327 (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/59174-dimechaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,995 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.67	10	6.68
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

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 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEHAN DE COURTRAI RPI 11). ^[3]

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

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

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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEHAN DE COURTRAI RPI 11	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 167 peak 2012: 360 2023: 327 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 360 (2012) → 327 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 280 (1990) → 327 (2023): 16.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 146, of which 0.7 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.9 km SFood shop — 3.0 km SPharmacy — 3.4 km SBakery — 3.6 km S 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 (Beugnies): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sars-Poteries): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sars-Poteries): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sars-Poteries): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Dimechaux): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.8

Days at or below 0 °C 50.5

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE weather station, 9.7 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 173 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 9.7 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DIMONT, 1.4 km away at 192 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59174/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59174/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59174/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59174/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59078
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59555
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59174
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
Saint-Aybert	59	39 km NW	328	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Remy-sur-Bussy	51	132 km S	325	19.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bargny	60	137 km SW	324	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Schwobsheim	67	337 km SE	323	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Questrecques	62	171 km W	333	22.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Kirsch-lès-Sierck	57	189 km SE	328	24.8	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aybert	59	39 km NW	328	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Remy-sur-Bussy	51	132 km S	325	19.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bargny	60	137 km SW	324	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Questrecques	62	171 km W	333	22.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Kirsch-lès-Sierck	57	189 km SE	328	24.8	Few services	no figures
Schwobsheim	67	337 km SE	323	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Dimechaux'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
Saint-Aybert	59	39 km NW	328	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bargny	60	137 km SW	324	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Grattepanche	80	133 km W	321	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bierville	76	211 km W	315	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Beaurains-lès-Noyon	60	100 km SW	341	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Puisieux	77	149 km SW	317	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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