Fressies

Nord · CA de Cambrai · INSEE 59255

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

Few services 32.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fressies (INSEE 59255) is in Nord (59), part of CA de Cambrai. Population 571 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,324 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.69	10	6.9
Housing mix	0.34	5	1.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

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

1 × Restaurant (EL RIO GRANDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (EL RIO GRANDE). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	1	EL RIO GRANDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	EL RIO GRANDE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 356 peak 2012: 572 2023: 571 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 572 (2012) → 571 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 480 (1990) → 571 (2023): 19 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 368, of which 33.2 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km NEGP — 1.4 km NEPharmacy — 1.6 km NEFood shop — 2.0 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 (Féchain): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Féchain): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Féchain): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Féchain): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fressies): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PECQUENCOURT weather station, 14.8 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[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, 7.8 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 — 59255/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59255/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59255/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59255/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59255
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-Martin-sur-la-Chambre	73	592 km SE	525	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 45 %
Les Aires	34	742 km S	618	38	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 5 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Yvoine	63	520 km S	553	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 65 %
Courson-Monteloup	91	200 km SW	563	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 96 %
Flévy	57	247 km SE	602	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Gervans	26	586 km S	545	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Courson-Monteloup	91	200 km SW	563	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 96 %
Flévy	57	247 km SE	602	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Yvoine	63	520 km S	553	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 65 %
Gervans	26	586 km S	545	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Martin-sur-la-Chambre	73	592 km SE	525	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 45 %
Les Aires	34	742 km S	618	38	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 5 % · winter 91 %

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