Saint-Martin-sur-Écaillon

Nord · CC du Pays Solesmois · INSEE 59537

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 19.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-sur-Écaillon (INSEE 59537) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays Solesmois. Population 483 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 19.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 17,837 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.56	10	5.64
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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

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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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: 451 peak 2012: 521 2023: 483 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 521 (2012) → 483 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 454 (1990) → 483 (2023): 6.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 216, of which 2.8 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.6 km NEGP — 0.9 km NEPharmacy — 1.8 km NWBakery — 4.2 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 (Quérénaing): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bermerain): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bermerain): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vendegies-sur-Écaillon): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Martin-sur-Écaillon): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 46.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 10 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 71 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 10 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE QUESNOY, 9.8 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59537/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59537/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59537/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59537/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59480
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59069
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59608
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59537
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
Frœschwiller	67	336 km SE	482	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Champ-le-Duc	88	326 km SE	475	19.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Dannelbourg	57	316 km SE	505	20.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Hymont	88	291 km SE	491	16.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Ramous	64	820 km SW	470	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Artagnan	65	805 km S	504	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hymont	88	291 km SE	491	16.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Dannelbourg	57	316 km SE	505	20.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Champ-le-Duc	88	326 km SE	475	19.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Frœschwiller	67	336 km SE	482	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Artagnan	65	805 km S	504	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Ramous	64	820 km SW	470	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · 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 Saint-Martin-sur-Écaillon'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
Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes	80	90 km SW	517	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bantigny	59	21 km W	494	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Suzoy	60	85 km SW	518	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Altviller	57	265 km SE	524	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Aveluy	80	67 km W	540	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Hénin-sur-Cojeul	62	49 km W	528	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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