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Felleries

Nord · CC Coeur de l'Avesnois · INSEE 59226

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

Partly served 40.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Felleries (INSEE 59226) is in Nord (59), part of CC Coeur de l'Avesnois. Population 1,433 (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/59226-felleries

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 11,972 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.34258.55
Social0.512010.26
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.38103.84
Housing mix0.9554.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (TARTINE ERRANTE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SOFRA BOUTIQUE · BROCHES & CIE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCIS BASSEZ, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FELLERIES RP). [3]

2 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA BOISSELLERIE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2TARTINE ERRANTEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2SOFRA BOUTIQUE · BROCHES & CIEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1FRANCIS BASSEZ, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1FELLERIES RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LA BOISSELLERIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,651 peak 1982: 1,882 2023: 1,433 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,554 (2012) → 1,433 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 1,621 (1990) → 1,433 (2023): -11.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 633, of which 2.4 % second homes and 10 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.6 km NE (Felleries)GP — 0.8 km E (Felleries)Pharmacy — 2.4 km N (Sars-Poteries)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km NEGP — 0.8 km EPharmacy — 2.4 km N 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 (Felleries): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Felleries): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Felleries): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Sars-Poteries): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Felleries): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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, 7.2 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 174 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, 7.2 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, 4.5 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59226/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/b1b64878-e76c-3119-bf02-022ca4bd4d11— “Marché de l'Avesnois® de producteurs et artisans locaux de Felleries”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59226/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59226/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59226/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59226
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59555
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Germain-des-Prés45258 km S1,84938.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saché37411 km SW1,40346.1Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Magne33717 km SW1,26046.7Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 96 %
Burlats81735 km S1,99846.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Domjean50387 km W99953.9Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Vauvenargues13742 km S1,05847.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Germain-des-Prés45258 km S1,84938.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Domjean50387 km W99953.9Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saché37411 km SW1,40346.1Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Magne33717 km SW1,26046.7Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 96 %
Burlats81735 km S1,99846.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Vauvenargues13742 km S1,05847.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 84 % · 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 Felleries'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Dangeau28293 km SW1,25938.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Arnoult76250 km W1,44638.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cesny-les-Sources14343 km W1,41144.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Harcourt27257 km SW1,06246.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme50421 km W1,33836.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Meslan56593 km W1,47938.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %