Hélesmes

Nord · CA de la Porte du Hainaut · INSEE 59297

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

Few services 33.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hélesmes (INSEE 59297) is in Nord (59), part of CA de la Porte du Hainaut. Population 1,907 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/59297-helesmes

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 20 % of the 9,914 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.5	10	4.98
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA GRANGE DU TERROIR). ^[4,3]

1 × Restaurant (FRITERIE D'HELESMES). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JUSTIN GUIOT). ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HUGO DUPIRE, MÉDECIN · SIMON RENARD, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'HELESMOISE). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'HÉLESMES). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE JEAN DEGROS). ^[4]

4 × Hairdresser (ELLE ET MOI · L'KOIFF BY LAURENE · ENZO 2). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA GRANGE DU TERROIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	FRITERIE D'HELESMES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JUSTIN GUIOT	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	HUGO DUPIRE, MÉDECIN · SIMON RENARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L'HELESMOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'HÉLESMES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE JEAN DEGROS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	4	ELLE ET MOI · L'KOIFF BY LAURENE · ENZO 2	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 2,086 2023: 1,907 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,954 (2012) → 1,907 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,911 (1990) → 1,907 (2023): -0.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 818, of which 0.4 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.9 km NGP — 1.0 km NBakery — 2.4 km E 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 (Wallers): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hélesmes): 0.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Hélesmes): 1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Hélesmes): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Hélesmes): 0.1 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, 8.6 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 21 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 8.6 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VALENCIENNES, 8.6 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59297/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59297/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59297/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59297/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59632
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59297
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
Tercis-les-Bains	40	818 km SW	1,359	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Cantin	59	18 km W	1,741	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 100 %
Lagarrigue	81	759 km S	1,784	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %
Cazilhac	11	802 km S	1,664	46.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 65 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Denis-en-Bugey	01	512 km S	2,246	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-d'Arvey	73	567 km S	1,721	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cantin	59	18 km W	1,741	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Denis-en-Bugey	01	512 km S	2,246	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-d'Arvey	73	567 km S	1,721	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Lagarrigue	81	759 km S	1,784	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %
Cazilhac	11	802 km S	1,664	46.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 65 % · humidity 36 %
Tercis-les-Bains	40	818 km SW	1,359	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · 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 Hélesmes'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
Rieulay	59	7.4 km W	1,261	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vicq	59	18 km E	1,464	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bachy	59	22 km N	1,898	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Frelinghien	59	49 km NW	2,609	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Marquillies	59	41 km NW	1,961	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Don	59	37 km NW	1,387	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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