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Jolimetz

Nord · CC du Pays de Mormal · INSEE 59325

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

Partly served 42.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Jolimetz (INSEE 59325) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays de Mormal. Population 856 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/59325-jolimetz

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 15,250 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.752014.97
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.51105.09
Housing mix0.9854.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE MORMAL · JOLIES MES FRITES). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE-TABAC). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES CERISIERS). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHARLES AUTREAUX, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Library (ANIMA-LIVRES BIBLIOTHÈQUE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ENSEMBLE ARTHUR ANDRE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (JOLIS MES TIFS). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2LE MORMAL · JOLIES MES FRITESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1CAFE-TABACINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES CERISIERSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1CHARLES AUTREAUX, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1ANIMA-LIVRES BIBLIOTHÈQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1ENSEMBLE ARTHUR ANDREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1JOLIS MES TIFSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 622 peak 2007: 924 2023: 856 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 883 (2012) → 856 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 848 (1990) → 856 (2023): 0.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 396, of which 1 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.5 km NE (Villereau)Pharmacy — 3.5 km NW (Le Quesnoy)Food shop — 3.6 km NW (Le Quesnoy)
In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.5 km NEPharmacy — 3.5 km NWFood shop — 3.6 km NW 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 (Villereau): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Quesnoy): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Jolimetz): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Le Quesnoy): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Jolimetz): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 19 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 143 m. [11]

The village sits 93 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 19 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. [11]

That station sits 93 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LE QUESNOY, 1.7 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59325/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59325/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59325/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59325/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59619
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59481
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59325
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Trédaniel22501 km W90641.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Puceul44490 km SW1,14237.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bambecque59110 km NW84557.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Gouvix14316 km SW82537Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Mondevert35421 km SW80441.7Partly servedno figures
Maresches5910 km NW80830.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Maresches5910 km NW80830.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bambecque59110 km NW84557.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Gouvix14316 km SW82537Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Mondevert35421 km SW80441.7Partly servedno figures
Puceul44490 km SW1,14237.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Trédaniel22501 km W90641.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Jolimetz'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Maresches5910 km NW80830.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Didier-des-Bois27220 km SW89235.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Naours80102 km W1,04732.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Quiéry-la-Motte6252 km W70238.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Athis51139 km S88544.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Château-l'Abbaye5932 km NW91740Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %