Ferrière-la-Petite

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59231

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 24/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ferrière-la-Petite (INSEE 59231) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 1,024 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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 24/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 14,153 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.39	10	3.88
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARC LERBUT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FERRIERE LA PETITE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE JACQUES COPLO). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE OSVALD CUVELIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARC LERBUT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	FERRIERE LA PETITE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE JACQUES COPLO	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,101 peak 1990: 1,153 2023: 1,024 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,051 (2012) → 1,024 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,153 (1990) → 1,024 (2023): -11.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 495, of which 3 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.6 km NWFood shop — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 2.6 km NW 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 (Ferrière-la-Grande): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ferrière-la-Grande): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ferrière-la-Petite): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ferrière-la-Grande): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ferrière-la-Petite): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.2

Days at or below 0 °C 49.6

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAUBEUGE weather station, 5.4 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 138 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 12.3 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAUBEUGE, 5.4 km away at 142 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59231/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59231/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59231/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59231/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59230
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59231
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
Bruille-lez-Marchiennes	59	57 km W	1,340	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Meyrié	38	529 km S	1,096	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lans	71	391 km S	952	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-près-Troyes	10	223 km S	903	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Brèvedent	76	281 km W	1,496	26	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Béthencourt	59	43 km W	689	33.9	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Béthencourt	59	43 km W	689	33.9	Few services	no figures
Bruille-lez-Marchiennes	59	57 km W	1,340	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-près-Troyes	10	223 km S	903	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Brèvedent	76	281 km W	1,496	26	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Lans	71	391 km S	952	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Meyrié	38	529 km S	1,096	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Ferrière-la-Petite'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
Bruille-lez-Marchiennes	59	57 km W	1,340	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Toussus-le-Noble	78	216 km SW	1,172	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Athies	62	84 km W	1,038	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Senozan	71	432 km S	1,135	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Aux Marais	60	169 km SW	921	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Roncherolles-sur-le-Vivier	76	221 km W	1,245	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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