Sains-du-Nord

Nord · CC Coeur de l'Avesnois · INSEE 59525

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

Partly served 49.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sains-du-Nord (INSEE 59525) is in Nord (59), part of CC Coeur de l'Avesnois. Population 2,755 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59525-sains-du-nord

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 62 % of the 7,676 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.78	10	7.77
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.36	10	3.56
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE LA GARE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (SARL GIULIANA · LA FRITERIE DU PAVE · AUBEPINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AU PAVE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE ILE AUX ENFANTS). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES QUATRE VENTS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LEON DORLEANT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE L'ECOLE DU JARDIN). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN ROSTAND). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JACQUES PRIZAC, MÉDECIN · LISE PLANCOT, MÉDECIN · ANTHONY BROGNIART, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINS DU NORD AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE SAINS DU NORD). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (WATELET AUDE · CELINE · LES CISEAUX DE LAURINE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × 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	BOULANGERIE DE LA GARE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	SARL GIULIANA · LA FRITERIE DU PAVE · AUBEPINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AU PAVE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE ILE AUX ENFANTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES QUATRE VENTS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LEON DORLEANT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE L'ECOLE DU JARDIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN ROSTAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	JACQUES PRIZAC, MÉDECIN · LISE PLANCOT, MÉDECIN · ANTHONY BROGNIART, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAINS	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	SAINS DU NORD AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE SAINS DU NORD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF · SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	WATELET AUDE · CELINE · LES CISEAUX DE LAURINE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 3,545 2023: 2,755 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,981 (2012) → 2,755 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 3,219 (1990) → 2,755 (2023): -14.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,473, of which 2.2 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.9 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 (Sains-du-Nord): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Sains-du-Nord): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sains-du-Nord): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sains-du-Nord): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.8

Days at or below 0 °C 50.5

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE weather station, 8.3 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 194 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 8.3 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 8.3 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59525/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2022-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/9771c0aa-c311-3a4d-acc2-11711f8a3082— “Marché hebdomadaire de Sains-du-Nord”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59525/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59525/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59525/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59525
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
Ronchamp	70	328 km SE	2,737	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Sérifontaine	60	181 km SW	2,784	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bar-sur-Seine	10	222 km S	2,858	66.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Basse-Pointe	972	6,980 km W	2,852	61	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Le Pouzin	07	596 km S	2,886	64.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Levroux	36	389 km SW	2,797	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sérifontaine	60	181 km SW	2,784	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bar-sur-Seine	10	222 km S	2,858	66.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Ronchamp	70	328 km SE	2,737	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Levroux	36	389 km SW	2,797	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pouzin	07	596 km S	2,886	64.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Basse-Pointe	972	6,980 km W	2,852	61	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 31 % · 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 Sains-du-Nord'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
Sérifontaine	60	181 km SW	2,784	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Garancières	78	216 km SW	2,621	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Contrexéville	88	253 km SE	2,923	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Guichainville	27	239 km SW	3,087	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-sur-Aisne	02	74 km S	2,792	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Trélon	59	7.7 km SE	2,604	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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