La Groise

Nord · CA du Caudrésis et du Catésis · INSEE 59274

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

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Groise (INSEE 59274) is in Nord (59), part of CA du Caudrésis et du Catésis. Population 464 (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/59274-la-groise

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,938 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.5	10	5
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE DEWAELE). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (LE CHAPEAU ROUGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (R'ADDICT'COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	1	PATISSERIE DEWAELE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	LE CHAPEAU ROUGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	1	R'ADDICT'COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 530 2023: 464 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 486 (2012) → 464 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 464 (1990) → 464 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 218, of which 3.2 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 2.7 km WFood shop — 3.7 km NWGP — 5.6 km N 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 (La Groise): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ors): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Landrecies): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Catillon-sur-Sambre): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (La Groise): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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, 19.1 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 168 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, 19.1 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 788 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TROISVILLES, 15.7 km away at 125 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 — 59274/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59274/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59274/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59274/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59274
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59450
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59331
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59137
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
Roquemaure	81	713 km S	465	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Lingèvres	14	329 km W	448	32	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Boiry-Becquerelle	62	64 km W	478	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Florémont	88	267 km SE	467	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Présentevillers	25	363 km SE	461	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Hottviller	57	288 km E	504	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boiry-Becquerelle	62	64 km W	478	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Florémont	88	267 km SE	467	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Hottviller	57	288 km E	504	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lingèvres	14	329 km W	448	32	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Présentevillers	25	363 km SE	461	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Roquemaure	81	713 km S	465	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %

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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 La Groise'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
Boiry-Becquerelle	62	64 km W	478	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Hottviller	57	288 km E	504	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Campagne-lès-Guines	62	152 km NW	407	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ève	60	130 km SW	411	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Boubiers	60	161 km SW	382	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Blacourt	60	147 km SW	592	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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