Maresches

Nord · CC du Pays de Mormal · INSEE 59381

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

Few services 30.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maresches (INSEE 59381) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays de Mormal. Population 808 (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/59381-maresches

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 15,588 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.36	10	3.6
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES POMMES RPI 12). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MARESCHES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES POMMES RPI 12	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CHARLES BRICHANT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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 MUNICIPALE DE MARESCHES	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	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: 816 peak 1990: 940 2023: 808 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 898 (2012) → 808 (2023): -10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 940 (1990) → 808 (2023): -14 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 0.5 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 2.0 km NFood shop — 2.3 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 (Préseau): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Préseau): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Maresches): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Préseau): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Maresches): 0.2 km to the north-east (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, 9 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 80 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 9 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE QUESNOY, 8.6 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59381/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59381/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59381/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59381/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59471
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59381
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
Wallon-Cappel	59	92 km NW	808	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Couvrot	51	185 km SE	786	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Elnes	62	111 km NW	836	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-Cottes	62	88 km W	830	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Jolimetz	59	10 km SE	856	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Marcq-en-Ostrevent	59	24 km W	741	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jolimetz	59	10 km SE	856	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Marcq-en-Ostrevent	59	24 km W	741	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-Cottes	62	88 km W	830	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Wallon-Cappel	59	92 km NW	808	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Elnes	62	111 km NW	836	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Couvrot	51	185 km SE	786	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Maresches'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
Saint-Hilaire-Cottes	62	88 km W	830	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Jolimetz	59	10 km SE	856	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Marcq-en-Ostrevent	59	24 km W	741	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fressain	59	27 km W	919	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Chaussée-Tirancourt	80	108 km W	699	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vers-sur-Selle	80	108 km SW	929	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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