Rieulay

Nord · CA Coeur d'Ostrevent · INSEE 59501

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

Few services 33.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rieulay (INSEE 59501) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur d'Ostrevent. Population 1,261 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59501-rieulay

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 12,926 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.49	10	4.87
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES CHEVRETTES DU TERRIL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (EN COURS DE CREATION · LES ARGALES PIZZERIA CREPERIE GLACIER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAVID BOULANGER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE RIEULAY). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (ESPACE TEUIL DES ARGALES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (EUROSTYL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1	LES CHEVRETTES DU TERRIL	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	EN COURS DE CREATION · LES ARGALES PIZZERIA CREPERIE GLACIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE COLOMBIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	DAVID BOULANGER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE HONVAULT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE RIEULAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	ESPACE TEUIL DES ARGALES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	EUROSTYL	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	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: 1,034 peak 1999: 1,423 2023: 1,261 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,359 (2012) → 1,261 (2023): -7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,278 (1990) → 1,261 (2023): -1.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 558, of which 1.1 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.6 km SEPharmacy — 0.6 km SEFood shop — 1.5 km SEBakery — 1.6 km SE 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 (Somain): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Somain): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rieulay): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rieulay): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rieulay): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PECQUENCOURT weather station, 2.8 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 19 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 15.8 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PECQUENCOURT, 2.8 km away at 19 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 — 59501/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59501/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59501/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59501/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59574
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59501
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
Tercis-les-Bains	40	816 km SW	1,359	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 %
Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or	69	516 km S	1,412	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
La Tour-en-Jarez	42	551 km S	1,495	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Auzielle	31	771 km S	1,635	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	518 km S	1,247	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
Neuf-Mesnil	59	48 km E	1,286	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Neuf-Mesnil	59	48 km E	1,286	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or	69	516 km S	1,412	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	518 km S	1,247	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
La Tour-en-Jarez	42	551 km S	1,495	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Auzielle	31	771 km S	1,635	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %
Tercis-les-Bains	40	816 km SW	1,359	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Rieulay'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
Neuf-Mesnil	59	48 km E	1,286	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Thélus	62	32 km W	1,310	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Baudelle	53	366 km SW	1,189	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Hélesmes	59	7.4 km E	1,907	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Feuchy	62	31 km W	991	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bourghelles	59	21 km N	1,682	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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