Hestrud

Nord · CC Coeur de l'Avesnois · INSEE 59306

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

No daily shops 19.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hestrud (INSEE 59306) is in Nord (59), part of CC Coeur de l'Avesnois. Population 288 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 19.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,742 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.6	10	6.03
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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	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)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 291 peak 2012: 300 2023: 288 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 300 (2012) → 288 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 261 (1990) → 288 (2023): 10.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 137, of which 5.1 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.8 km SWFood shop — 5.0 km SWGP — 5.0 km SWPharmacy — 5.1 km NBakery — 5.2 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 (Cousolre): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Solre-le-Château): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Solre-le-Château): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cousolre): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Clairfayts): 4.8 km to the south-west (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, 15.5 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 184 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, 17.2 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DIMONT, 9 km away at 192 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 — 59306/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59306/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59306/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59306/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59157
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59572
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59148
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
Larians-et-Munans	70	345 km SE	291	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Moslins	51	138 km S	288	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Les Cluses	66	864 km S	282	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 39 % · humidity 14 %
Andechy	80	116 km SW	282	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Peseux	39	368 km S	293	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vaux-sur-Aure	14	363 km W	286	17.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Andechy	80	116 km SW	282	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Moslins	51	138 km S	288	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Larians-et-Munans	70	345 km SE	291	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Vaux-sur-Aure	14	363 km W	286	17.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Peseux	39	368 km S	293	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Les Cluses	66	864 km S	282	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 39 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Hestrud'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
Moslins	51	138 km S	288	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Andechy	80	116 km SW	282	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Champenard	27	237 km SW	294	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Milon-la-Chapelle	78	223 km SW	295	17.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Franqueux	51	98 km S	298	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Preux-au-Sart	59	34 km W	300	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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