Hergnies

Nord · CA Valenciennes Métropole · INSEE 59301

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

Few services 34.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hergnies (INSEE 59301) is in Nord (59), part of CA Valenciennes Métropole. Population 4,479 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59301-hergnies

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 3 % of the 5,111 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.22	20	4.42
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	0.71	10	7.12
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE PETYT). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE JUMEL DELOFFRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BELLINI GIOVANNA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CESAR DEWASMES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE NO A HOUX). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC MAUDE, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS LEGRAIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (BRAY BENEDICTE · EM COIFF · GOLDY COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE PETYT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE JUMEL DELOFFRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	BELLINI GIOVANNA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE CESAR DEWASMES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE NO A HOUX	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ERIC MAUDE, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS LEGRAIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L OSON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	6	BRAY BENEDICTE · EM COIFF · GOLDY COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [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: 3,568 2023: 4,479 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,335 (2012) → 4,479 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,696 (1990) → 4,479 (2023): 21.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,897, of which 0.6 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Hergnies): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hergnies): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Hergnies): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Hergnies): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Hergnies): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 16.7 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 21 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 16.7 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-AMAND, 8.2 km away at 17 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59301/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59301/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59301/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59301/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59301
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
Hérin	59	14 km S	4,169	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Fléac	16	592 km SW	3,861	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Coulanges-lès-Nevers	58	386 km S	3,688	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Santes	59	42 km W	5,652	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Turckheim	68	380 km SE	4,139	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Castelmaurou	31	770 km S	4,524	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hérin	59	14 km S	4,169	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Santes	59	42 km W	5,652	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Turckheim	68	380 km SE	4,139	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Coulanges-lès-Nevers	58	386 km S	3,688	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Fléac	16	592 km SW	3,861	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Castelmaurou	31	770 km S	4,524	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 76 % · 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 Hergnies'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
Hérin	59	14 km S	4,169	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Santes	59	42 km W	5,652	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Provin	59	43 km W	4,428	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Verneuil-en-Halatte	60	152 km SW	4,775	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Phalempin	59	36 km W	4,847	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chéreng	59	27 km NW	3,078	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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