Marpent

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59385

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

Partly served 50/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marpent (INSEE 59385) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 2,653 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59385-marpent

Vitality score

Vitality score 50/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 7,894 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.82	20	16.42
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.48	10	4.76
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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DELICES DES VBL). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SUPER). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (FRITERIE DU PARC CHEZ JEREM · LA PERLE · L'HERITAGE · FRITERIE DU PARC). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CHEZ L'UNIQUE · CAFE DE LA MAIRIE · SAXO-BAR). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICK DELAMBRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MARPENT L'OISEAU LYRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (BOIS DE ROSE CONCEPT · COIF SISI). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DELICES DES VBL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI SUPER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	FRITERIE DU PARC CHEZ JEREM · LA PERLE · L'HERITAGE · FRITERIE DU PARC	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CHEZ L'UNIQUE · CAFE DE LA MAIRIE · SAXO-BAR	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MAURICE FOSTIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PATRICK DELAMBRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE MARPENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MARPENT L'OISEAU LYRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	BOIS DE ROSE CONCEPT · COIF SISI	INSEE BPE 3 / 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: 3,084 peak 1975: 3,155 2023: 2,653 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,705 (2012) → 2,653 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,717 (1990) → 2,653 (2023): -2.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,283, of which 0.6 % second homes and 9 % 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 (Marpent): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marpent): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Marpent): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Marpent): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Marpent): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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 1.2

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MAUBEUGE weather station, 8.4 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 133 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 19.8 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 52 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MAUBEUGE, 8.4 km away at 142 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 — 59385/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59385/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59385/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59385/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59385
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
Frelinghien	59	94 km NW	2,609	49.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-Saint-Germain	02	114 km SW	2,616	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Orcet	63	515 km S	2,897	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Cantenay-Épinard	49	458 km SW	2,415	59.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Mardié	45	306 km SW	3,078	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %
Albigny-sur-Saône	69	495 km S	3,057	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Frelinghien	59	94 km NW	2,609	49.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-Saint-Germain	02	114 km SW	2,616	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mardié	45	306 km SW	3,078	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %
Cantenay-Épinard	49	458 km SW	2,415	59.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Albigny-sur-Saône	69	495 km S	3,057	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Orcet	63	515 km S	2,897	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · 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 Marpent'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
Villeneuve-Saint-Germain	02	114 km SW	2,616	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Annet-sur-Marne	77	181 km SW	3,408	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Wahagnies	59	77 km W	2,613	55.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Labourse	62	102 km W	2,858	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Fère	02	87 km SW	2,796	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Gorcy	54	143 km SE	2,971	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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