Potelle

Identity

Potelle (INSEE 59468) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays de Mormal. Population 439 (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/59468-potelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 17,926 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (JOLIES MES FRITES). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE VERO). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 358 (2012) → 439 (2023): 22.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 354 (1990) → 439 (2023): 24 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 183, of which 1.6 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Louvignies-Quesnoy): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Quesnoy): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jolimetz): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Quesnoy): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Jolimetz): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 17.8 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 136 m. ^[11]

The village sits 86 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 17.8 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 86 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE QUESNOY, 0.5 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59468/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59468/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59468/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59468/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59363
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59481
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59325
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024