Fressain

Nord · CA Douaisis Agglo · INSEE 59254

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fressain (INSEE 59254) is in Nord (59), part of CA Douaisis Agglo. Population 919 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/59254-fressain

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 14,853 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.85
Housing mix	1	5	5

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

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

2 × Café / bar (CHEZ BRIGITTE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE FRESSAIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE LAURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	2	CHEZ BRIGITTE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE FRESSAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LES CISEAUX DE LAURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 828 peak 1990: 933 2023: 919 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 876 (2012) → 919 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 933 (1990) → 919 (2023): -1.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 424, of which 0 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.6 km NEFood shop — 2.3 km NEGP — 2.3 km NEPharmacy — 2.3 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 (Monchecourt): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Monchecourt): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Monchecourt): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Monchecourt): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fressain): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.2

Days at or below 0 °C 52.6

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PECQUENCOURT weather station, 11.5 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 81 m. ^[10]

The village sits 62 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 19.5 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOUCHAIN, 8 km away at 35 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 — 59254/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59254/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59254/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59254/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59409
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59254
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
Mont-Cauvaire	76	169 km SW	898	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 84 %
Vers-sur-Selle	80	85 km SW	929	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Elnes	62	88 km NW	836	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-Cottes	62	64 km NW	830	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Rehainviller	54	305 km SE	1,057	24.4	Few services	no figures
Couvrot	51	197 km SE	786	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-Cottes	62	64 km NW	830	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Vers-sur-Selle	80	85 km SW	929	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Elnes	62	88 km NW	836	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Mont-Cauvaire	76	169 km SW	898	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 84 %
Couvrot	51	197 km SE	786	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Rehainviller	54	305 km SE	1,057	24.4	Few services	no figures

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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 Fressain'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
Vers-sur-Selle	80	85 km SW	929	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Marcq-en-Ostrevent	59	3.2 km E	741	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Campigny	27	218 km SW	1,085	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Plachy-Buyon	80	87 km SW	897	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Belloy-sur-Somme	80	83 km SW	717	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Boissy-Fresnoy	60	127 km S	942	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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