Hargnies

Nord · CC du Pays de Mormal · INSEE 59283

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hargnies (INSEE 59283) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays de Mormal. Population 599 (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/59283-hargnies

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 17,078 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.83	10	8.31
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (PASCALE.L'.COIFFE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE FREINET	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 HARGNIES	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	1	PASCALE.L'.COIFFE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 420 peak 2017: 607 2023: 599 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 590 (2012) → 599 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 450 (1990) → 599 (2023): 33.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 261, of which 1.9 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km NPharmacy — 3.8 km SBakery — 3.9 km NGP — 3.9 km S 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 Longueville): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Longueville): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pont-sur-Sambre): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pont-sur-Sambre): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Hargnies): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.2

Days at or below 0 °C 49.6

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAUBEUGE weather station, 8.8 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 150 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 13.5 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MAUBEUGE, 8.8 km away at 142 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59283/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59283/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59283/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59283/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59357
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59467
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59283
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-Thomas-la-Garde	42	522 km S	592	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Bois-d'Ennebourg	76	207 km SW	583	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martinien	03	447 km S	597	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-au-Bois	62	84 km W	607	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Warlaing	59	40 km NW	603	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Barzun	64	839 km SW	626	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Warlaing	59	40 km NW	603	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-au-Bois	62	84 km W	607	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bois-d'Ennebourg	76	207 km SW	583	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martinien	03	447 km S	597	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Thomas-la-Garde	42	522 km S	592	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Barzun	64	839 km SW	626	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Hargnies'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
Bois-d'Ennebourg	76	207 km SW	583	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martinien	03	447 km S	597	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-au-Bois	62	84 km W	607	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Warlaing	59	40 km NW	603	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Vieux-Rue	76	204 km SW	572	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Blangy-Tronville	80	110 km W	613	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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