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Ribécourt-la-Tour

Nord · CA de Cambrai · INSEE 59500

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

Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ribécourt-la-Tour (INSEE 59500) is in Nord (59), part of CA de Cambrai. Population 380 (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/59500-ribecourt-la-tour

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 18,061 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.42104.16
Housing mix155

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 6). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 6INSEE BPE 1 [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]
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: 449 2023: 380 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 372 (2012) → 380 (2023): 2.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 415 (1990) → 380 (2023): -8.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 176, of which 0 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.6 km E (Marcoing)GP — 3.6 km E (Marcoing)Bakery — 4.5 km NE (Cantaing-sur-Escaut)Pharmacy — 6.4 km N (Fontaine-Notre-Dame)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.6 km EGP — 3.6 km EBakery — 4.5 km NEPharmacy — 6.4 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 (Cantaing-sur-Escaut): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Marcoing): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Marcoing): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Fontaine-Notre-Dame): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Ribécourt-la-Tour): 0 km to the west (straight line). [11]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59500/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59500/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59500/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59500/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59125
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59377
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59244
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59500

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
Vigny57258 km SE38929.6Few servicesno figures
Neuville-sur-Ornain55199 km SE36523.7Few servicesno figures
Mondreville78176 km SW38126.8Few servicesno figures
Wickersheim-Wilshausen67351 km SE39124Few servicesno figures
Brouviller57327 km SE41227.9Few servicesno figures
Lebetain90406 km SE42225.5Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mondreville78176 km SW38126.8Few servicesno figures
Neuville-sur-Ornain55199 km SE36523.7Few servicesno figures
Vigny57258 km SE38929.6Few servicesno figures
Brouviller57327 km SE41227.9Few servicesno figures
Wickersheim-Wilshausen67351 km SE39124Few servicesno figures
Lebetain90406 km SE42225.5Few servicesno figures

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