Nivelle

Nord · CA de la Porte du Hainaut · INSEE 59434

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

Few services 30.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nivelle (INSEE 59434) is in Nord (59), part of CA de la Porte du Hainaut. Population 1,406 (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/59434-nivelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 12,073 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.43
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA DUO). ^[3,4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAETITIA DUCOURNEAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (K.RO COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	PIZZA DUO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LAETITIA DUCOURNEAU, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	K.RO COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 993 2023: 1,406 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,286 (2012) → 1,406 (2023): 9.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,230 (1990) → 1,406 (2023): 14.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 609, of which 0.5 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune GP Bakery — 1.0 km SWFood shop — 1.0 km SWPrimary school — 1.2 km NEPharmacy — 3.0 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 (Nivelle): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nivelle): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Nivelle): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Amand-les-Eaux): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Château-l'Abbaye): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 16 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 21 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 16 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-AMAND, 4.5 km away at 17 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 — 59434/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59434/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59434/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59434/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59434
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59526
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59144
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
Niederschaeffolsheim	67	361 km SE	1,325	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Aspach-Michelbach	68	401 km SE	1,747	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cyr	07	588 km S	1,476	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Wandignies-Hamage	59	14 km SW	1,301	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Heimsbrunn	68	410 km SE	1,314	41.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Chaleins	01	504 km S	1,505	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Wandignies-Hamage	59	14 km SW	1,301	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Niederschaeffolsheim	67	361 km SE	1,325	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Aspach-Michelbach	68	401 km SE	1,747	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Heimsbrunn	68	410 km SE	1,314	41.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Chaleins	01	504 km S	1,505	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Cyr	07	588 km S	1,476	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · 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 Nivelle'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
Wandignies-Hamage	59	14 km SW	1,301	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Richebourg	78	226 km SW	1,570	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Rainneville	80	97 km SW	1,123	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Robecq	62	65 km W	1,328	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Keskastel	67	307 km SE	1,487	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Schwenheim	67	345 km SE	742	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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