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La Flamengrie

Nord · CC du Pays de Mormal · INSEE 59232

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

Few services 29.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Flamengrie (INSEE 59232) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays de Mormal. Population 431 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59232-la-flamengrie

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,920 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.86108.6
Housing mix0.9754.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 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”.

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LAS VEGLACES). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant1LAS VEGLACESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 268 2023: 431 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 396 (2012) → 431 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 317 (1990) → 431 (2023): 36 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 193, of which 1.6 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.5 km SE (Saint-Waast)GP — 4.1 km NE (Bellignies)Bakery — 4.2 km SE (L'Orée de Mormal)Food shop — 4.2 km E (Bellignies)Pharmacy — 5.1 km S (Gommegnies)
Primary school — 2.5 km SEGP — 4.1 km NEBakery — 4.2 km SEFood shop — 4.2 km EPharmacy — 5.1 km S 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 (L'Orée de Mormal): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bellignies): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Bellignies): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Gommegnies): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Waast): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 18.1 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 114 m. [12]

The village sits 64 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 18.1 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. [12]

That station sits 64 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at LE QUESNOY, 9.3 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59232/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59232/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59232/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59232/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59006
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59065
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59265
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59548
  12. 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
Erching57288 km SE41825.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Jarménil88321 km SE41530.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Les Thilliers-en-Vexin27193 km SW49127.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 97 %
Prasville28269 km SW45133.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lagney54233 km SE50030.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Looze89259 km S44326.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Les Thilliers-en-Vexin27193 km SW49127.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 97 %
Lagney54233 km SE50030.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Looze89259 km S44326.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Prasville28269 km SW45133.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Erching57288 km SE41825.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Jarménil88321 km SE41530.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · 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 La Flamengrie'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
Erching57288 km SE41825.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Durlinsdorf68407 km SE49825.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Potelle599.8 km S43921.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bouillancy60146 km SW42921.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bouconvillers60182 km SW42321.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Saint-Laurent0260 km SW43519No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %