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Moustier-en-Fagne

Nord · CC du Sud Avesnois · INSEE 59420

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moustier-en-Fagne (INSEE 59420) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Sud Avesnois. Population 61 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/59420-moustier-en-fagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 6,293 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.41104.1
Housing mix0.753.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 72 peak 2007: 73 2023: 61 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 60 (2012) → 61 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 67 (1990) → 61 (2023): -9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 40, of which 15 % second homes and 15 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.1 km NW (Eppe-Sauvage)Primary school — 3.1 km N (Eppe-Sauvage)Food shop — 3.7 km NW (Eppe-Sauvage)GP — 7.5 km SW (Trélon)Pharmacy — 7.6 km SW (Trélon)
Bakery — 3.1 km NWPrimary school — 3.1 km NFood shop — 3.7 km NWGP — 7.5 km SWPharmacy — 7.6 km SW 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 (Eppe-Sauvage): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Eppe-Sauvage): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Trélon): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Trélon): 7.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Eppe-Sauvage): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [10]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE weather station, 20 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 185 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 20 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. [10]

An average of 932 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at FOURMIES, 14.2 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59420/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59420/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59420/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59420/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59198
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59601
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pallanne32791 km SW6112.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 82 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Antoine-du-Queyret33671 km SW626.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Reuves51147 km S597.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ninville52242 km S624.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Montastruc-Savès31787 km S618.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Lubret-Saint-Luc65810 km SW615.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Reuves51147 km S597.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ninville52242 km S624.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Antoine-du-Queyret33671 km SW626.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Montastruc-Savès31787 km S618.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Pallanne32791 km SW6112.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 82 % · humidity 43 %
Lubret-Saint-Luc65810 km SW615.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · 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 Moustier-en-Fagne'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Reuves51147 km S597.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Quincy-sous-le-Mont0299 km SW6216.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Neuville-Housset0247 km SW619.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-le-Vieux61326 km SW6211.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Corribert51132 km S6614.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Wignicourt0864 km SE5710.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %