Prouvy

Nord · CA Valenciennes Métropole · INSEE 59475

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

Partly served 48.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Prouvy (INSEE 59475) is in Nord (59), part of CA Valenciennes Métropole. Population 2,178 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/59475-prouvy

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 9,052 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	0.78	20	15.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.38	10	3.8
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LOUISE · ELILOMA PASTRY). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (HENRI BOUCHER). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (L'ESCALE · SBC · LE PILOTE · CHAPO). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (PUB NUNGESSER). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MAURICE NOIRET). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-CHRISTOPHE LIBERT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF PAUL ELUARD). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (TCHIP COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (B&B HOTELS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE LOUISE · ELILOMA PASTRY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	HENRI BOUCHER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	5	L'ESCALE · SBC · LE PILOTE · CHAPO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	PUB NUNGESSER	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MAURICE NOIRET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JEAN-CHRISTOPHE LIBERT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SALMI KOBZILI	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF PAUL ELUARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	TCHIP COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	B&B HOTELS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 2,235 peak 1990: 2,474 2023: 2,178 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,269 (2012) → 2,178 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,474 (1990) → 2,178 (2023): -12 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 974, of which 0.9 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.5 km NPrimary school — 0.5 km NFood shop — 1.1 km W 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 (Prouvy): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Haulchin): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Prouvy): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Primary school (Prouvy): 0.5 km to the north (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, 1.4 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 37 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 1.4 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, 1.4 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 — 59475/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59475/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59475/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59475/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59475
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59288
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
Mettray	37	379 km SW	2,070	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vaivre-et-Montoille	70	356 km SE	2,422	53.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Lay-Saint-Christophe	54	264 km SE	2,355	48	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Ungersheim	68	390 km SE	2,449	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Durtol	63	504 km S	1,914	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-la-Mallet	76	252 km W	2,725	46.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontaine-la-Mallet	76	252 km W	2,725	46.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Lay-Saint-Christophe	54	264 km SE	2,355	48	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Vaivre-et-Montoille	70	356 km SE	2,422	53.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Mettray	37	379 km SW	2,070	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Ungersheim	68	390 km SE	2,449	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Durtol	63	504 km S	1,914	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · 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 Prouvy'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
Durtol	63	504 km S	1,914	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Verlinghem	59	52 km NW	2,682	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Fournes-en-Weppes	59	49 km NW	2,179	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Lompret	59	51 km NW	2,155	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Goincourt	60	142 km SW	1,552	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chéreng	59	37 km NW	3,078	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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