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Flesquières

Nord · CA de Cambrai · INSEE 59236

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

No daily shops 18.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Flesquières (INSEE 59236) is in Nord (59), part of CA de Cambrai. Population 276 (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/59236-flesquieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 17,623 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.44104.39
Housing mix0.9454.71

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 0 of 2
Sport 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI 6). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE KARINE). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI 6INSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser1LES CISEAUX DE KARINEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 366 peak 1975: 367 2023: 276 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 267 (2012) → 276 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 294 (1990) → 276 (2023): -6.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 136, of which 2.9 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.5 km N (Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt)Food shop — 4.3 km E (Marcoing)GP — 4.3 km E (Marcoing)Pharmacy — 5.4 km NE (Fontaine-Notre-Dame)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.5 km NFood shop — 4.3 km EGP — 4.3 km EPharmacy — 5.4 km NE 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 (Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Marcoing): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Marcoing): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Fontaine-Notre-Dame): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Flesquières): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [11]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59236/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59236/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59236/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59236/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62384
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59377
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59244
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59236

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
Audigny0247 km SE27322Few servicesno figures
Saint-Ouen-le-Mauger76160 km W28224.7Few servicesno figures
Vomécourt88325 km SE26719.2No daily shopsno figures
Allainville78205 km SW28119.1No daily shopsno figures
Escondeaux65788 km S28022.7Few servicesno figures
Champien8051 km S27220Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Audigny0247 km SE27322Few servicesno figures
Champien8051 km S27220Few servicesno figures
Saint-Ouen-le-Mauger76160 km W28224.7Few servicesno figures
Allainville78205 km SW28119.1No daily shopsno figures
Vomécourt88325 km SE26719.2No daily shopsno figures
Escondeaux65788 km S28022.7Few servicesno figures

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