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Ramousies

Nord · CC Coeur de l'Avesnois · INSEE 59493

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ramousies (INSEE 59493) is in Nord (59), part of CC Coeur de l'Avesnois. Population 220 (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/59493-ramousies

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 16,584 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.39103.91
Housing mix0.8854.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 358 2023: 220 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 236 (2012) → 220 (2023): -6.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 247 (1990) → 220 (2023): -10.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 5.8 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.7 km W (Sémeries)Food shop — 3.0 km N (Felleries)GP — 3.0 km SW (Sains-du-Nord)Bakery — 3.3 km N (Felleries)Pharmacy — 3.3 km SW (Sains-du-Nord)
Primary school — 2.7 km WFood shop — 3.0 km NGP — 3.0 km SWBakery — 3.3 km NPharmacy — 3.3 km SW 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 (Felleries): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Felleries): 3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Sains-du-Nord): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Sains-du-Nord): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Sémeries): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE weather station, 8.7 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 163 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 8.7 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. [11]

An average of 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at DIMONT, 7.4 km away at 192 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 — 59493/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59493/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59493/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59493/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59226
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59525
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59562
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Arboucave40799 km SW22012.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 64 % · humidity 7 %
Canteloup50390 km W22013No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Mareuil-en-Dôle02103 km S22113.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Courcelles-lès-Semur21297 km S22112.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Christophe-en-Champagne72387 km SW21814.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
Thenailles0234 km S2207.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Thenailles0234 km S2207.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Mareuil-en-Dôle02103 km S22113.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Courcelles-lès-Semur21297 km S22112.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Christophe-en-Champagne72387 km SW21814.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
Canteloup50390 km W22013No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Arboucave40799 km SW22012.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 64 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Ramousies'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
Thenailles0234 km S2207.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-le-Tourneur0866 km SE21716.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes80108 km W22213.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Montauban-de-Picardie8091 km W21712.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Maucourt6088 km SW22117.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumetz80137 km W21515.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %