Rœulx
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 43.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Rœulx (INSEE 59504) is in Nord (59), part of CA de la Porte du Hainaut. Population 3,743 (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/59504-roeulx
Vitality score
Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 26 % of the 5,952 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 | 0.15 | 25 | 3.69 |
| Social | 0.58 | 20 | 11.6 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.58 | 10 | 5.82 |
| Housing mix | 0.99 | 5 | 4.97 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (LA SQUADRA · LE BON PAIN DORE · CHEZ IDRIZ · FRITERIE NONO). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE ROEULXOIS · LE LIBERTY). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PASTEUR). [3]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CONDORCET NIVEAU 2 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL LANGEVIN NIVEAU 1 · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT REMI). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENT PREVOT, MÉDECIN · RABAH AIT YAHIA, MÉDECIN · JULIEN POUPAERT, MÉDECIN · OTILIA PAGU KALACH, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'ECLAIREUR). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE GUSTAVE ANSART DE ROEULX ECOLE PAUL LANGEVIN). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF JULES VANGHELLE). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (STYLE ART CREATION COIFFURE · SALON FRANCESCA · L'COIFF BY PRIS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR EXPRESS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | LA SQUADRA · LE BON PAIN DORE · CHEZ IDRIZ · FRITERIE NONO | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE ROEULXOIS · LE LIBERTY | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PASTEUR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CONDORCET NIVEAU 2 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL LANGEVIN NIVEAU 1 · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT REMI | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | LAURENT PREVOT, MÉDECIN · RABAH AIT YAHIA, MÉDECIN · JULIEN POUPAERT, MÉDECIN · OTILIA PAGU KALACH, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE L'ECLAIREUR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE GUSTAVE ANSART DE ROEULX ECOLE PAUL LANGEVIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF JULES VANGHELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 5 | STYLE ART CREATION COIFFURE · SALON FRANCESCA · L'COIFF BY PRIS | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [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
Population 3,775 (2012) → 3,743 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,458 (1990) → 3,743 (2023): 8.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,558, of which 0.3 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Rœulx): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Rœulx): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Rœulx): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Rœulx): 1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Rœulx): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [9]
Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 9.3 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 37 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 9.3 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. [9]
An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BOUCHAIN, 4.9 km away at 35 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59504/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59504/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59504/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59504/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59504
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lourches | 59 | 1.6 km NE | 3,734 | 39.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Meurchin | 62 | 38 km NW | 3,691 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 % |
| Blanzat | 63 | 498 km S | 3,709 | 37.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Germain-sur-Morin | 77 | 162 km S | 3,902 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var | 06 | 778 km SE | 3,431 | 49.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 % |
| Hulluch | 62 | 42 km NW | 3,371 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lourches | 59 | 1.6 km NE | 3,734 | 39.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Meurchin | 62 | 38 km NW | 3,691 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 % |
| Hulluch | 62 | 42 km NW | 3,371 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 % |
| Saint-Germain-sur-Morin | 77 | 162 km S | 3,902 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
| Blanzat | 63 | 498 km S | 3,709 | 37.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var | 06 | 778 km SE | 3,431 | 49.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 43 % · 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 Rœulx'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lourches | 59 | 1.6 km NE | 3,734 | 39.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saclay | 91 | 194 km SW | 4,437 | 54.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Mard | 77 | 149 km S | 3,832 | 56.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bailly | 78 | 187 km SW | 3,731 | 44.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brebières | 62 | 22 km W | 5,283 | 45.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champhol | 28 | 244 km SW | 3,643 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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