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Rieux-en-Cambrésis

Nord · CA de Cambrai · INSEE 59502

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

Partly served 40.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rieux-en-Cambrésis (INSEE 59502) is in Nord (59), part of CA de Cambrai. Population 1,425 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/59502-rieux-en-cambresis

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 12,015 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.512010.26
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.51105.06
Housing mix154.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2
Sport 0 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (LANGRAND MARIE-LOUISE). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (DELICES PIZZAS · MY TRAITEUR). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN JAURES). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SABINE GRATTEPANCHE-LIETIN, MÉDECIN · FANNY GOBERT-VANDEWOESTYNE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (SARL PHARMACIE RIEUXOISE). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE RIEUX-EN-CAMBRÉSIS). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (JESSICA COIFFURE A DOMICILE · ATELIER LESLIE COIFFURE · ATELIERS CORANNE). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1LANGRAND MARIE-LOUISEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant2DELICES PIZZAS · MY TRAITEURINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN JAURESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2SABINE GRATTEPANCHE-LIETIN, MÉDECIN · FANNY GOBERT-VANDEWOESTYNE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1SARL PHARMACIE RIEUXOISEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE RIEUX-EN-CAMBRÉSISINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser4JESSICA COIFFURE A DOMICILE · ATELIER LESLIE COIFFURE · ATELIERS CORANNEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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: 1,470 peak 2012: 1,511 2023: 1,425 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,511 (2012) → 1,425 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,416 (1990) → 1,425 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 613, of which 0.2 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.3 km E (Avesnes-les-Aubert)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.3 km E 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 (Avesnes-les-Aubert): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rieux-en-Cambrésis): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Rieux-en-Cambrésis): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Rieux-en-Cambrésis): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Rieux-en-Cambrésis): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

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 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 16.1 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 52 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 16.1 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. [10]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ESCAUDOEUVRES, 6.9 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59502/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59502/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59502/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59502/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59037
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59502
  10. 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
Lorp-Sentaraille09818 km S1,38144Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Woincourt80130 km W1,30252.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Balagny-sur-Thérain60124 km SW1,62846.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Morvillars90395 km SE1,11341.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Montgailhard09819 km S1,43742.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Néfiach66836 km S1,38339.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 72 % · humidity 21 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Balagny-sur-Thérain60124 km SW1,62846.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Woincourt80130 km W1,30252.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Morvillars90395 km SE1,11341.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Lorp-Sentaraille09818 km S1,38144Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Montgailhard09819 km S1,43742.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Néfiach66836 km S1,38339.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 72 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Rieux-en-Cambrésis'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
Woincourt80130 km W1,30252.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Balagny-sur-Thérain60124 km SW1,62846.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Moosch68375 km SE1,59548.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cappelle-en-Pévèle5937 km N2,25751.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Fellering68369 km SE1,56960.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ménilles27193 km SW1,70846.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %