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Raimbeaucourt

Nord · CA Douaisis Agglo · INSEE 59489

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

Few services 38.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Raimbeaucourt (INSEE 59489) is in Nord (59), part of CA Douaisis Agglo. Population 4,000 (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/59489-raimbeaucourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 11 % of the 5,638 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.34258.4
Social0.22204.42
Education0.39103.93
Health0.54105.43
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.44104.35
Housing mix154.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L ARTESIENNE DES PAINS · C. L. QUI PATISSE SIGNE LECOUSTRE). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ETS LESTOQUOY PERE ET FILS). [3,4]

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

2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PARADIZ'FRITES). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE SUZANNE LANOY). [3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE VICTOR HUGO - LES TILLEULS). [3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAMIEN LEBLANC, MÉDECIN · ANNE-MARIE MERLIN DEBRIL, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE BEFVE, MÉDECIN · LAURENT SILVIN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-BAPTISTE VANDERBECKEN, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GAUME BLERVAQUE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (RAIMBEAUCOURT LPAC AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORTS RAYMOND DAPVRIL). [3]

5 × Hairdresser (SARL SALON OXYGENE · AD BEAUTE EURL · HD CREA'STYLE COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2L ARTESIENNE DES PAINS · C. L. QUI PATISSE SIGNE LECOUSTREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1ETS LESTOQUOY PERE ET FILSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket2CARREFOUR CONTACTINSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1PARADIZ'FRITESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE SUZANNE LANOYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE VICTOR HUGO - LES TILLEULSINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)8DAMIEN LEBLANC, MÉDECIN · ANNE-MARIE MERLIN DEBRIL, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE BEFVE, MÉDECIN · LAURENT SILVIN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-BAPTISTE VANDERBECKEN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE GAUME BLERVAQUEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1RAIMBEAUCOURT LPAC APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE DE SPORTS RAYMOND DAPVRILINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser5SARL SALON OXYGENE · AD BEAUTE EURL · HD CREA'STYLE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 4,224 peak 1982: 4,494 2023: 4,000 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,091 (2012) → 4,000 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 4,277 (1990) → 4,000 (2023): -6.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,813, of which 0.1 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
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 (Raimbeaucourt): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Raimbeaucourt): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Raimbeaucourt): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Raimbeaucourt): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Raimbeaucourt): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 9 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 DOUAI weather station, 6.1 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 43 m. [9]

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

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 14.4 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 725 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at DOUAI, 6.1 km away at 26 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59489/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59489/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59489/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59489/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59489
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Condrieu69567 km S3,95762.9ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 3 % · winter 93 %
Mozac63506 km S3,95749.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Lexy54215 km SE3,90450Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Avermes03429 km S4,07450.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Mézières-sur-Seine78189 km SW3,92347.9Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Gondecourt5914 km NW4,14840.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gondecourt5914 km NW4,14840.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mézières-sur-Seine78189 km SW3,92347.9Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lexy54215 km SE3,90450Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Avermes03429 km S4,07450.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Mozac63506 km S3,95749.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Condrieu69567 km S3,95762.9ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 3 % · winter 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 Raimbeaucourt'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gondecourt5914 km NW4,14840.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mard77159 km S3,83256.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Thourotte60108 km S4,46354.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Leu-d'Esserent60144 km S4,63849Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cysoing5916 km NE4,83958.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bauvin5917 km NW5,24939.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %