Preux-au-Bois

Nord · CC du Pays de Mormal · INSEE 59472

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 35.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Preux-au-Bois (INSEE 59472) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays de Mormal. Population 832 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 15,423 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.59	10	5.93
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PAUSE VINTAGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DANIEL BODECHON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PREUX AU BOIS AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING-CARAVANING LA FORESTIERE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, 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	2	LA PAUSE VINTAGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	1	DANIEL BODECHON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	PREUX AU BOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CAMPING-CARAVANING LA FORESTIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,004 2023: 832 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 839 (2012) → 832 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 761 (1990) → 832 (2023): 9.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 416, of which 1.2 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.7 km EBakery — 1.1 km SWFood shop — 2.9 km SWPharmacy — 3.1 km N 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 (Robersart): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bousies): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Preux-au-Bois): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Englefontaine): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Preux-au-Bois): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.8

Days at or below 0 °C 50.5

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE weather station, 19.1 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 148 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 19.1 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE QUESNOY, 8.2 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59472/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59472/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59472/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59472/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59503
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59099
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59472
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59194
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
Saint-Hilaire-Peyroux	19	571 km S	974	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Sainte-Colombe-la-Commanderie	27	229 km SW	841	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Tourriers	16	550 km SW	802	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Castin	64	813 km SW	862	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Mourmelon-le-Petit	51	124 km SE	803	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Bourguignon	25	382 km SE	876	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mourmelon-le-Petit	51	124 km SE	803	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Colombe-la-Commanderie	27	229 km SW	841	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Bourguignon	25	382 km SE	876	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Tourriers	16	550 km SW	802	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-Peyroux	19	571 km S	974	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Castin	64	813 km SW	862	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Preux-au-Bois'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
Grosrouvre	78	206 km SW	902	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Walbach	68	349 km SE	936	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Cartigny	80	54 km SW	688	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Esmery-Hallon	80	68 km SW	715	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Balbronn	67	325 km SE	681	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Quittebeuf	27	224 km SW	656	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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