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Mazinghien

Nord · CA du Caudrésis et du Catésis · INSEE 59395

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

No daily shops 17.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mazinghien (INSEE 59395) is in Nord (59), part of CA du Caudrésis et du Catésis. Population 279 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59395-mazinghien

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 17,646 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.39103.94
Housing mix0.9454.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE 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: 403 2023: 279 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 314 (2012) → 279 (2023): -11.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 312 (1990) → 279 (2023): -10.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 140, of which 2.9 % second homes and 15.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 3.9 km NE (Catillon-sur-Sambre)GP — 4.2 km S (Wassigny)Bakery — 4.4 km S (Wassigny)Food shop — 4.7 km S (Wassigny)
In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 3.9 km NEGP — 4.2 km SBakery — 4.4 km SFood shop — 4.7 km S 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 (Wassigny): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Wassigny): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Wassigny): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Catillon-sur-Sambre): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Mazinghien): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59395/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59395/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59395/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59395/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02830
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59137
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59395

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bécourt62137 km NW28020.4Few servicesno figures
Erlon0237 km S27819.3No daily shopsno figures
Pissy80107 km W28418.1No daily shopsno figures
Bernac-Dessus65811 km S28219No daily shopsno figures
Larivière90363 km SE28223.9Few servicesno figures
Saint-Aubin0267 km SW27620.8Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Erlon0237 km S27819.3No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Aubin0267 km SW27620.8Few servicesno figures
Pissy80107 km W28418.1No daily shopsno figures
Bécourt62137 km NW28020.4Few servicesno figures
Larivière90363 km SE28223.9Few servicesno figures
Bernac-Dessus65811 km S28219No daily shopsno figures

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