Paillencourt

Nord · CA de Cambrai · INSEE 59455

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

Partly served 48.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Paillencourt (INSEE 59455) is in Nord (59), part of CA de Cambrai. Population 1,030 (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/59455-paillencourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 14,135 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	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.61	10	6.08
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

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 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

3 × Restaurant (GUINGUETTE LE CANOTIER · AUX DELICES DE FANNY · L'ESCALE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDE BAR, MÉDECIN · SABINE BAYEN, MÉDECIN · MARC BAYEN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PAILLENCOURT AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE DE PAILLENCOURT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (DS ARTISAN COIFFEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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 0 [3]
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	3	GUINGUETTE LE CANOTIER · AUX DELICES DE FANNY · L'ESCALE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CLAUDE BAR, MÉDECIN · SABINE BAYEN, MÉDECIN · MARC BAYEN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	PAILLENCOURT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE DE PAILLENCOURT	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	DS ARTISAN COIFFEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 946 2023: 1,030 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,001 (2012) → 1,030 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 930 (1990) → 1,030 (2023): 10.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 437, of which 1.4 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.7 km NWPharmacy — 3.2 km NE 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 (Paillencourt): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Paillencourt): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Paillencourt): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Hordain): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Paillencourt): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 16.1 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 40 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 16.1 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOUCHAIN, 3.1 km away at 35 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59455/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59455/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59455/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59455/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59455
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59313
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
La Celle-Saint-Avant	37	409 km SW	1,079	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Nielles-lès-Bléquin	62	100 km NW	902	65	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Mazerolles	64	807 km S	1,194	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 84 % · humidity 14 %
Razès	87	489 km S	1,150	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 62 %
Marcillé-Robert	35	423 km SW	1,017	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux	35	402 km SW	1,326	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nielles-lès-Bléquin	62	100 km NW	902	65	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux	35	402 km SW	1,326	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Celle-Saint-Avant	37	409 km SW	1,079	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Marcillé-Robert	35	423 km SW	1,017	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Razès	87	489 km S	1,150	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 62 %
Mazerolles	64	807 km S	1,194	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 84 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Paillencourt'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
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux	35	402 km SW	1,326	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vermand	02	42 km S	1,104	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Allouville-Bellefosse	76	200 km W	1,153	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint Martin de l'If	76	191 km W	1,736	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Oisseau	53	355 km SW	1,136	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Plouray	56	537 km SW	1,060	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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