Petit-Fayt
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Petit-Fayt (INSEE 59461) is in Nord (59), part of CC Coeur de l'Avesnois. Population 286 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 12.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 15 % of the 17,713 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.55 | 10 | 5.48 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 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
Population 297 (2012) → 286 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 273 (1990) → 286 (2023): 4.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 127, of which 1.6 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cartignies): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cartignies): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Cartignies): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Prisches): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Grand-Fayt): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 8.8 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 142 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, 8.8 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, 8.8 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
9 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 133,800 € — 871 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Nord is 1,802 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59461/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59461/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59461/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59461/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59134
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59474
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59270
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vincent-d'Autéjac | 82 | 684 km S | 282 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
| Madière | 09 | 798 km S | 283 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 % |
| Toujouse | 32 | 760 km SW | 293 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 % |
| Courboin | 02 | 126 km S | 304 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Adilly | 79 | 487 km SW | 310 | 12 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lagraulet-Saint-Nicolas | 31 | 732 km S | 284 | 17 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 82 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courboin | 02 | 126 km S | 304 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Adilly | 79 | 487 km SW | 310 | 12 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Vincent-d'Autéjac | 82 | 684 km S | 282 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lagraulet-Saint-Nicolas | 31 | 732 km S | 284 | 17 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 82 % |
| Toujouse | 32 | 760 km SW | 293 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 % |
| Madière | 09 | 798 km S | 283 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 77 % · 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 Petit-Fayt'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courboin | 02 | 126 km S | 304 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Blandainville | 28 | 271 km SW | 283 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Durcet | 61 | 343 km SW | 286 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lannoy-Cuillère | 60 | 155 km W | 278 | 13 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maison-Feyne | 23 | 448 km S | 283 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rocquigny | 02 | 15 km SE | 359 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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