Préseau

Nord · CA Valenciennes Métropole · INSEE 59471

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

Partly served 54.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Préseau (INSEE 59471) is in Nord (59), part of CA Valenciennes Métropole. Population 2,100 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59471-preseau

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 9,290 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.61	10	6.05
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE DE MON ENFANCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ETABLISSEMENTS MICHEL LESNES). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCI MARKET). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (FRITERIE POLO · LES FUMOIRS DU PRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE THERESE DE L'ENFANT JESUS). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE RUELLE, MÉDECIN · NATACHA KALECINSKI, MÉDECIN · JOACHIM CASIEZ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PRÉSEAU). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (IL OU ELLE · L'UNIV'HAIR DE SOPHIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MIE DE MON ENFANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	ETABLISSEMENTS MICHEL LESNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCI MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	FRITERIE POLO · LES FUMOIRS DU PRE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE THERESE DE L'ENFANT JESUS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	PHILIPPE RUELLE, MÉDECIN · NATACHA KALECINSKI, MÉDECIN · JOACHIM CASIEZ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PRESELLOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	PRESEAU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PRÉSEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	IL OU ELLE · L'UNIV'HAIR DE SOPHIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,590 2023: 2,100 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,821 (2012) → 2,100 (2023): 15.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,900 (1990) → 2,100 (2023): 10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 960, of which 0.8 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Préseau): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Préseau): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Préseau): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Préseau): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Préseau): 0.1 km to the south-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. ^[9]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 8.2 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 76 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 8.2 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VALENCIENNES, 8.2 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59471/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59471/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59471/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59471/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59471
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
Vincey	88	297 km SE	2,053	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Cagny	14	304 km SW	2,066	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Mézériat	01	466 km S	2,172	51.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Esquelbecq	59	103 km NW	2,137	56.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Beauzire	63	497 km S	2,210	60.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
La Bâtie-Montgascon	38	546 km S	2,035	54.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Esquelbecq	59	103 km NW	2,137	56.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Vincey	88	297 km SE	2,053	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Cagny	14	304 km SW	2,066	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Mézériat	01	466 km S	2,172	51.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Beauzire	63	497 km S	2,210	60.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
La Bâtie-Montgascon	38	546 km S	2,035	54.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 46 % · 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 Préseau'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
Cagny	14	304 km SW	2,066	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-le-Comte	77	175 km S	1,872	62.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Guiscard	60	82 km SW	1,749	54.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Genest-Saint-Isle	53	407 km SW	2,166	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Izeaux	38	571 km S	2,134	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sebourg	59	6.1 km NE	1,967	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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