Monceau-Saint-Waast

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59406

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

Few services 23.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Monceau-Saint-Waast (INSEE 59406) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 419 (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 23.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 17,969 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	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.23	10	2.27
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 × Restaurant (LA GLORIEUSE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	LA GLORIEUSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA LICORNE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 567 peak 1975: 664 2023: 419 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 516 (2012) → 419 (2023): -18.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 576 (1990) → 419 (2023): -27.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 200, of which 0.5 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 2.7 km NWFood shop — 3.0 km NGP — 3.2 km NBakery — 3.3 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 (Aulnoye-Aymeries): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aulnoye-Aymeries): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aulnoye-Aymeries): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Leval): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Monceau-Saint-Waast): 0.1 km to the south-west (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, 5.6 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 140 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, 5.6 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, 5.6 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 — 59406/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59406/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59406/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59406/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59033
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59344
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59406
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
Freybouse	57	247 km SE	422	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Châtenois	39	359 km S	411	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Maixe	54	252 km SE	409	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Illy	08	93 km SE	413	26.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Quesnoy-sur-Airaines	80	135 km W	427	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque	90	377 km SE	427	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Illy	08	93 km SE	413	26.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Quesnoy-sur-Airaines	80	135 km W	427	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Freybouse	57	247 km SE	422	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Maixe	54	252 km SE	409	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Châtenois	39	359 km S	411	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque	90	377 km SE	427	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · 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 Monceau-Saint-Waast'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
Adamswiller	67	279 km SE	407	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mennessis	02	68 km SW	419	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ovillers-la-Boisselle	80	85 km W	431	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mont-l'Évêque	60	140 km SW	416	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bosc-Bordel	76	187 km W	455	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Avrigny	60	127 km SW	404	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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