Petite-Forêt

Nord · CA Valenciennes Métropole · INSEE 59459

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

Partly served 48.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Petite-Forêt (INSEE 59459) is in Nord (59), part of CA Valenciennes Métropole. Population 5,054 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59459-petite-foret

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 4,639 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.69	20	13.75
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	0.45	10	4.55
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LEONIDAS · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · BOULANGERIE PETITE-FORET · L'ATELIER DES GOURMANDS). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (AUCHAN · CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

16 × Restaurant (BUFFALO GRILL · FLUNCH · PIZZA PAI CIE · CROCODILE RESTAURANTS · BURGER KING). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE ST EXUPERY). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL VAILLANT-COUTURIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SAINT-EXUPERY). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PIERRE GILLES DE GENNES). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARC MAILLOT, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE ROUX, MÉDECIN · FRÉDÉRIC BORIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DOURIEZ). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (PETITE FORET AUCHAN RPU RP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DENIS DIDEROT). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE B HINAULT · SALLE GERARD PHILIPPE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (MAXI TIFS · AU SABLE BLOND D ANGIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

4 × Hotel (CAMPANILE · PREMIERE CLASSE · IBIS BUDGET VALENCIENNES PETITE FORET). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 3 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	LEONIDAS · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · BOULANGERIE PETITE-FORET · L'ATELIER DES GOURMANDS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	2	AUCHAN · CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	16	BUFFALO GRILL · FLUNCH · PIZZA PAI CIE · CROCODILE RESTAURANTS · BURGER KING	INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE ST EXUPERY	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL VAILLANT-COUTURIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SAINT-EXUPERY	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PIERRE GILLES DE GENNES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MARC MAILLOT, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE ROUX, MÉDECIN · FRÉDÉRIC BORIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DOURIEZ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	PETITE FORET AUCHAN RPU RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DENIS DIDEROT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE B HINAULT · SALLE GERARD PHILIPPE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	MAXI TIFS · AU SABLE BLOND D ANGIE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	4	CAMPANILE · PREMIERE CLASSE · IBIS BUDGET VALENCIENNES PETITE FORET	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 2,946 peak 1990: 5,293 2023: 5,054 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,892 (2012) → 5,054 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 5,293 (1990) → 5,054 (2023): -4.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,267, of which 0.7 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km NWFood shop — 0.6 km SEGP — 0.6 km NWPharmacy — 0.6 km NW 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 (Petite-Forêt): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Valenciennes): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Petite-Forêt): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Petite-Forêt): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Petite-Forêt): 0 km to the north-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, 4.5 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 45 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 4.5 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VALENCIENNES, 4.5 km away at 50 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 — 59459/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59459/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59459/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59459/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59459
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59606
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
Crégy-lès-Meaux	77	161 km S	5,446	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Wolfisheim	67	362 km SE	4,217	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin	45	300 km SW	6,256	47.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Saint-Paul	60	140 km SW	6,480	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cuincy	59	31 km W	6,467	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 100 %
Coubron	93	174 km S	5,175	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cuincy	59	31 km W	6,467	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 100 %
Villers-Saint-Paul	60	140 km SW	6,480	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Crégy-lès-Meaux	77	161 km S	5,446	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Coubron	93	174 km S	5,175	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin	45	300 km SW	6,256	47.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Wolfisheim	67	362 km SE	4,217	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · 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 Petite-Forêt'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
Villers-Saint-Paul	60	140 km SW	6,480	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sequedin	59	45 km NW	4,675	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Angres	62	52 km W	4,641	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Frette-sur-Seine	95	181 km SW	4,570	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nicolas	62	51 km W	4,494	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Camon	80	97 km SW	4,359	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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