Flaumont-Waudrechies

Nord · CC Coeur de l'Avesnois · INSEE 59233

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

Few services 20.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Flaumont-Waudrechies (INSEE 59233) is in Nord (59), part of CC Coeur de l'Avesnois. Population 342 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 18,048 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.72
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHAUFFOUR - RPI 29). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE FLAUMONT-WAUDRECHIES). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHAUFFOUR - RPI 29	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE FLAUMONT-WAUDRECHIES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTI SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 392 2023: 342 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 388 (2012) → 342 (2023): -11.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 352 (1990) → 342 (2023): -2.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 172, of which 1.2 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.8 km SWBakery — 2.2 km WFood shop — 2.4 km SWPharmacy — 4.8 km SE 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 (Avesnes-sur-Helpe): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Avesnelles): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avesnelles): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sains-du-Nord): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Flaumont-Waudrechies): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.8

Days at or below 0 °C 50.5

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE weather station, 3.7 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 157 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 3.7 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 3.7 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59233/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59233/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59233/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59233/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59036
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59035
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59525
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59233
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
Banteux	59	55 km W	339	21.9	Few services	no figures
Fraimbois	54	258 km SE	348	24.2	Few services	no figures
Labergement-lès-Auxonne	21	346 km S	350	20.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Andrezel	77	188 km SW	336	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Loisy	54	208 km SE	322	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 62 %
Terramesnil	80	113 km W	323	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Banteux	59	55 km W	339	21.9	Few services	no figures
Terramesnil	80	113 km W	323	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Andrezel	77	188 km SW	336	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Loisy	54	208 km SE	322	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 62 %
Fraimbois	54	258 km SE	348	24.2	Few services	no figures
Labergement-lès-Auxonne	21	346 km S	350	20.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · 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 Flaumont-Waudrechies'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
Andrezel	77	188 km SW	336	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Terramesnil	80	113 km W	323	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis	60	160 km SW	365	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Boiry-Sainte-Rictrude	62	87 km W	389	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-aux-Bois	02	86 km SW	370	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Salesches	59	28 km W	327	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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