Famars
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 49.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Famars (INSEE 59221) is in Nord (59), part of CA Valenciennes Métropole. Population 2,474 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59221-famars
Vitality score
Vitality score 49.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 66 % of the 8,314 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 | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.74 | 10 | 7.36 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.76 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA SARRASINE · BOULANGERIE SBRLD). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LA BOITE A FRITE · FORTALEZA S.91). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JOLIOT CURIE). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIETRO SANNELLI, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE CANDELIER, MÉDECIN · MARIA-ELENA JUCAN, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE SONNEVILLE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FRANCOIS DUPIRE). [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE FAMARS). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (INSTALLATIONS SPORTIVES RUE DU MONT HOUY SUITE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (GAELLE COIFF · ASCOIFF). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LA SARRASINE · BOULANGERIE SBRLD | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | LA BOITE A FRITE · FORTALEZA S.91 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE JOLIOT CURIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | PIETRO SANNELLI, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE CANDELIER, MÉDECIN · MARIA-ELENA JUCAN, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE SONNEVILLE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE FRANCOIS DUPIRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE FAMARS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | INSTALLATIONS SPORTIVES RUE DU MONT HOUY SUITE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | GAELLE COIFF · ASCOIFF | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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
Population 2,475 (2012) → 2,474 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,002 (1990) → 2,474 (2023): 23.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,474, of which 2.4 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Famars): 0.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes): 2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Famars): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Famars): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Famars): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 4.4 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 74 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 4.4 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. [10]
An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VALENCIENNES, 4.4 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59221/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59221/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59221/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59221/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59221
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59032
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champlan | 91 | 200 km SW | 2,615 | 42.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Capinghem | 59 | 54 km NW | 2,728 | 58.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Longeville-lès-Metz | 57 | 231 km SE | 4,102 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lezennes | 59 | 44 km NW | 2,978 | 56.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Margency | 95 | 171 km SW | 3,012 | 30.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 % |
| Emmerin | 59 | 48 km NW | 3,026 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lezennes | 59 | 44 km NW | 2,978 | 56.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Emmerin | 59 | 48 km NW | 3,026 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Capinghem | 59 | 54 km NW | 2,728 | 58.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Margency | 95 | 171 km SW | 3,012 | 30.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 % |
| Champlan | 91 | 200 km SW | 2,615 | 42.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Longeville-lès-Metz | 57 | 231 km SE | 4,102 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · 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 Famars'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capinghem | 59 | 54 km NW | 2,728 | 58.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lezennes | 59 | 44 km NW | 2,978 | 56.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Emmerin | 59 | 48 km NW | 3,026 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nicolas | 62 | 53 km W | 4,494 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aubry-du-Hainaut | 59 | 7.3 km NW | 1,705 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Coudray | 28 | 256 km SW | 4,038 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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