Fenain

Nord · CA Coeur d'Ostrevent · INSEE 59227

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

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fenain (INSEE 59227) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur d'Ostrevent. Population 5,441 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[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/59227-fenain

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 12 % of the 4,330 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	0.28	25	6.97
Social	0.46	20	9.21
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.46	10	4.65
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE BAERT). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (HENRI BOUCHER · MAISON DUBUS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (SUBITO · LA FRITE PARADISIA'K). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'HIPPODROME · LE CHIQUITO). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE C POTEAUX). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE IRENE JOLIOT-CURIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB DU ROND POINT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES TILLEULS). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALPHONSE ROSA, MÉDECIN · CEDRIC DELROT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE FENAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FENAIN MAIRIE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

9 × Hairdresser (V.M HAIR A DOMICILE · CHRISTINE COIFFURE · REAL CATHY). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE BAERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	HENRI BOUCHER · MAISON DUBUS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	SUBITO · LA FRITE PARADISIA'K	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	L'HIPPODROME · LE CHIQUITO	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE C POTEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE IRENE JOLIOT-CURIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB DU ROND POINT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES TILLEULS	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ALPHONSE ROSA, MÉDECIN · CEDRIC DELROT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE FENAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	FENAIN MAIRIE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	9	V.M HAIR A DOMICILE · CHRISTINE COIFFURE · REAL CATHY	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday 8 h à 12h30 place de nos Fusillés en centre ville face à la mairie. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 5,462 peak 1975: 6,270 2023: 5,441 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,337 (2012) → 5,441 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 5,639 (1990) → 5,441 (2023): -3.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,348, of which 0.8 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Fenain): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Fenain): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fenain): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fenain): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fenain): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PECQUENCOURT weather station, 6.5 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 20 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 12.1 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PECQUENCOURT, 6.5 km away at 19 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59227/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.ville-fenain.fr/fr/rb/2205504/marche-hebdomadaire-18— “Marché hebdomadaire tous les samedis matins sur la place de nos Fusillés en centre ville face à la mairie de 8 h à 12h30”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59227/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59227/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59227/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59227
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
Le Cendre	63	516 km S	5,415	57.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
L'Hôpital	57	281 km SE	5,183	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Beynost	01	519 km S	5,198	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Douvrin	62	37 km NW	5,867	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Chevreuse	78	206 km SW	5,502	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Quiévrechain	59	26 km E	5,949	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Quiévrechain	59	26 km E	5,949	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Douvrin	62	37 km NW	5,867	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Chevreuse	78	206 km SW	5,502	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
L'Hôpital	57	281 km SE	5,183	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cendre	63	516 km S	5,415	57.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Beynost	01	519 km S	5,198	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Fenain'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
L'Hôpital	57	281 km SE	5,183	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chevreuse	78	206 km SW	5,502	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Quiévrechain	59	26 km E	5,949	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Louvroil	59	48 km E	6,294	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Gaillon	27	195 km SW	6,746	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chanteloup-en-Brie	77	173 km S	4,130	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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