Fresnes-sur-Escaut

Nord · CA Valenciennes Métropole · INSEE 59253

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

Partly served 58.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fresnes-sur-Escaut (INSEE 59253) is in Nord (59), part of CA Valenciennes Métropole. Population 7,354 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 58.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 71 % of the 3,289 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	0.51	25	12.71
Social	0.72	20	14.46
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.41	10	4.07
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 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]

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (VIENNOISERIE DE FRESNES · SAMA GOURMANDISES · BPRN · BPNR). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU BON PRIX · SAS MAX GROS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

10 × Restaurant (LA CABADA · VIRGIN-HAPPY DAY · CHEZ SEB · CHEZ MELO). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE GLOBE · CAFE DES SENS · LA CONCORDE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PAUL LANGEVIN). ^[3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DANIEL FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS PASTEUR NIVEAU 2 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE NIVEAU 1 · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE FELICIEN JOLY). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURÉLIE DHALLUIN-PERQUE, MÉDECIN · GILLES MERCIER, MÉDECIN · PASCAL DESMARETS, MÉDECIN · VINCENT RYCKMAN, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER BAILLEUL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA GRAND PLACE · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FRESNES SUR ESCAUT LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE ANDRÉ STIL COMPLEXE SPORTIF BONNEPART). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF BONNEPART). ^[3]

2 × Bank (AGENCE FRESNES SUR ESCAUT · BNP PARIBAS). ^[3]

10 × Hairdresser (ART COIFFURE · UN INSTANT DE DOUC HEURE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	6	VIENNOISERIE DE FRESNES · SAMA GOURMANDISES · BPRN · BPNR	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	AU BON PRIX · SAS MAX GROS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	10	LA CABADA · VIRGIN-HAPPY DAY · CHEZ SEB · CHEZ MELO	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE GLOBE · CAFE DES SENS · LA CONCORDE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PAUL LANGEVIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	4	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DANIEL FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS PASTEUR NIVEAU 2 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE NIVEAU 1 · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE FELICIEN JOLY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	AURÉLIE DHALLUIN-PERQUE, MÉDECIN · GILLES MERCIER, MÉDECIN · PASCAL DESMARETS, MÉDECIN · VINCENT RYCKMAN, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER BAILLEUL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DE LA GRAND PLACE · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	FRESNES SUR ESCAUT LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE ANDRÉ STIL COMPLEXE SPORTIF BONNEPART	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF BONNEPART	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	AGENCE FRESNES SUR ESCAUT · BNP PARIBAS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	10	ART COIFFURE · UN INSTANT DE DOUC HEURE	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday matin place Paul Vaillant-Couturier. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 9,069 2023: 7,354 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,639 (2012) → 7,354 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 8,107 (1990) → 7,354 (2023): -9.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,278, of which 0.6 % second homes and 7.8 % 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 (Fresnes-sur-Escaut): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Fresnes-sur-Escaut): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fresnes-sur-Escaut): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fresnes-sur-Escaut): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 46.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 14.4 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 23 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 14.4 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-AMAND, 12.3 km away at 17 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

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 — 59253/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.fresnes-sur-escaut.fr/mairie/informations-communales/marche— “Le marché a lieu chaque mardi matin sur la place Paul Vaillant-Couturier.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59253/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59253/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59253/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59253
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
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port	54	281 km SE	7,359	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Vendargues	34	754 km S	7,262	69.3	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 %
Colombelles	14	310 km SW	7,243	63.1	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Mably	42	485 km S	7,233	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Toulouges	66	866 km S	7,450	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 %
Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis	78	222 km SW	7,276	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis	78	222 km SW	7,276	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port	54	281 km SE	7,359	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Colombelles	14	310 km SW	7,243	63.1	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Mably	42	485 km S	7,233	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Vendargues	34	754 km S	7,262	69.3	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 %
Toulouges	66	866 km S	7,450	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Fresnes-sur-Escaut'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
Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis	78	222 km SW	7,276	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Orchies	59	24 km W	8,396	70.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Onnaing	59	5.4 km S	8,479	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Louvroil	59	33 km SE	6,294	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Aulnoye-Aymeries	59	32 km SE	8,612	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Margny-lès-Compiègne	60	125 km SW	8,677	67.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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