Limont-Fontaine

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59351

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

Few services 33.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Limont-Fontaine (INSEE 59351) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 525 (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 33.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,698 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.3	10	3.03
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

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

1 × Restaurant (A LA FONTAINE DE LIMONT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LIMONT-FONTAINE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (PASCALINE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	A LA FONTAINE DE LIMONT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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 DE LIMONT-FONTAINE	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	PASCALINE COIFFURE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 618 peak 1990: 654 2023: 525 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 582 (2012) → 525 (2023): -9.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 654 (1990) → 525 (2023): -19.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 0.7 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km NGP — 4.1 km WBakery — 4.2 km NPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Hautmont): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hautmont): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bachant): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Hautmont): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Limont-Fontaine): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.8

Days at or below 0 °C 50.5

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE weather station, 6.9 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 144 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, 6.9 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 6.9 km away at 185 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 — 59351/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59351/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59351/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59351/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59291
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59351
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
Bazuel	59	27 km SW	551	33.7	Few services	no figures
Buysscheure	59	130 km NW	582	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Epping	57	273 km SE	572	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaines-d'Ozillac	17	625 km SW	510	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Baudoncourt	70	323 km SE	482	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Salt-en-Donzy	42	498 km S	535	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bazuel	59	27 km SW	551	33.7	Few services	no figures
Buysscheure	59	130 km NW	582	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Epping	57	273 km SE	572	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Baudoncourt	70	323 km SE	482	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Salt-en-Donzy	42	498 km S	535	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Fontaines-d'Ozillac	17	625 km SW	510	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Limont-Fontaine'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
Buysscheure	59	130 km NW	582	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Epping	57	273 km SE	572	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Courtomer	77	188 km SW	591	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Auzouville-sur-Ry	76	206 km SW	683	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Frocourt	60	161 km SW	528	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Revelles	80	135 km W	530	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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