Dourlers

Identity

Dourlers (INSEE 59181) is in Nord (59), part of CC Coeur de l'Avesnois. Population 536 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59181-dourlers

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,581 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (AU CHATELET). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BI'STROH). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (DOURLERS AP). ^[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, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 568 (2012) → 536 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 582 (1990) → 536 (2023): -7.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 272, of which 1.5 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Avesnes-sur-Helpe): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Beugnies): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Avesnes-sur-Helpe): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sars-Poteries): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Dourlers): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

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. ^[13]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE weather station, 3.5 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 171 m. ^[13]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 3.5 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[13]

An average of 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 3.5 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

33 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 141,500 € — 1,106 € 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 — 59181/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/b2b3f283-03b4-3c3c-a01e-92534e9bde9b— “Marché de l'Avesnois® de producteurs de Dourlers”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59181/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59181/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59181/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59036
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59078
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59555
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59181
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025