Écuélin

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59188

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 13.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Écuélin (INSEE 59188) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 145 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 13.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 13,841 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.67	10	6.69
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 [3,4]
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)	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: 123 2023: 145 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 126 (2012) → 145 (2023): 15.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 124 (1990) → 145 (2023): 16.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 61, of which 3.3 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.9 km NEFood shop — 3.7 km NWGP — 3.8 km NWPharmacy — 3.9 km NWBakery — 4.3 km W 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 (Aulnoye-Aymeries): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bachant): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bachant): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bachant): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Limont-Fontaine): 1.9 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, 5.5 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 169 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, 5.5 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 5.5 km away at 185 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 — 59188/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59188/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59188/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59188/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59033
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59351
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-Germain-de-Grave	33	693 km SW	144	11.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Villeporcher	41	355 km SW	146	12.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Caprais	32	771 km S	148	16.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Sauveur-Lalande	24	641 km SW	149	13.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Cousances-lès-Triconville	55	192 km SE	146	12.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Lespielle	64	808 km SW	152	11.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 51 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cousances-lès-Triconville	55	192 km SE	146	12.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Villeporcher	41	355 km SW	146	12.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-Lalande	24	641 km SW	149	13.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Germain-de-Grave	33	693 km SW	144	11.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Caprais	32	771 km S	148	16.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 %
Lespielle	64	808 km SW	152	11.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 51 %

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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 Écuélin'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
Hénu	62	99 km W	147	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Brice-sous-Rânes	61	341 km SW	142	9.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Tanques	61	333 km SW	157	10.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Olizy	51	117 km S	148	13.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Bosse	72	333 km SW	155	12.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Oulchy-la-Ville	02	116 km S	131	13.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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