Saint-Saulve

Nord · CA Valenciennes Métropole · INSEE 59544

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

Partly served 43.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Saulve (INSEE 59544) is in Nord (59), part of CA Valenciennes Métropole. Population 10,947 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). ^[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/59544-saint-saulve

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

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

Better served than 6 % of the 2,238 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	0.22	25	5.43
Social	0.56	20	11.16
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.64	10	6.45
Public & culture	0.06	5	0.29
Population trend	0.48	10	4.84
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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) (HENNIAUX). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (DE CONINCK HERVE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MARCHE UNIQUE 002). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

13 × Restaurant (AU CH'TI 33 · MADININA · DIM'S FRITE · DOLCE PIZZA). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE BISTRO DE LOLO · L'ENTREPOTES). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU BAS MARAIS · ECOLE MATERNELLE S HERBINIERE). ^[3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES BEAUX MONTS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DU CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE ROLEUR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE LAVOISIER · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

30 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURORE BANSARD, MÉDECIN · RACHID HANIFI, MÉDECIN · MOHAMMED ZERROUKI, MÉDECIN · PIERRE BECAR, MÉDECIN · ULRICK PAUL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DRESZER · PHARMACIE COULON DELPLACE · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE SCHUMAN · SALLE COUBERTIN · SALLE ST EXUPERY). ^[3]

6 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE SAINT SAULVE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU NORD). ^[3]

9 × Hairdresser (CRINIS · HAIR DU TEMPS · BLAUWART COIFFEUR L'HOMME · AUX MAINS D'ARGENT · LE MAG HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Library. ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	HENNIAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	DE CONINCK HERVE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MARCHE UNIQUE 002	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	13	AU CH'TI 33 · MADININA · DIM'S FRITE · DOLCE PIZZA	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE BISTRO DE LOLO · L'ENTREPOTES	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU BAS MARAIS · ECOLE MATERNELLE S HERBINIERE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	4	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES BEAUX MONTS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DU CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE ROLEUR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE LAVOISIER · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	30	AURORE BANSARD, MÉDECIN · RACHID HANIFI, MÉDECIN · MOHAMMED ZERROUKI, MÉDECIN · PIERRE BECAR, MÉDECIN · ULRICK PAUL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 30 [3]
Pharmacy	3	PHARMACIE DRESZER · PHARMACIE COULON DELPLACE · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	SALLE SCHUMAN · SALLE COUBERTIN · SALLE ST EXUPERY	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	6	CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE SAINT SAULVE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU NORD	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Hairdresser	9	CRINIS · HAIR DU TEMPS · BLAUWART COIFFEUR L'HOMME · AUX MAINS D'ARGENT · LE MAG HAIR	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday de 8h à 13h O'Centr'Halle. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 7,007 peak 2017: 11,207 2023: 10,947 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 11,062 (2012) → 10,947 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 11,122 (1990) → 10,947 (2023): -1.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 5,351, of which 0.7 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Saint-Saulve): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Saulve): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Saulve): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Saulve): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Saulve): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 8.2 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 31 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 8.2 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VALENCIENNES, 8.2 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59544/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-saint-saulve.fr/economies/— “Chaque mardi matin, de 8h à 13h, retrouvez le marché hebdomadaire de Saint-Saulve, O'Centr'Halle.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59544/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59544/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59544/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59544
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
Wambrechies	59	50 km NW	11,012	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-Boulogne	62	141 km W	10,888	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Vaux-le-Pénil	77	215 km S	11,474	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Hœnheim	67	360 km SE	11,742	44	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Launaguet	31	761 km S	9,173	63.9	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-André-lez-Lille	59	48 km NW	13,233	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-André-lez-Lille	59	48 km NW	13,233	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Wambrechies	59	50 km NW	11,012	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-Boulogne	62	141 km W	10,888	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Vaux-le-Pénil	77	215 km S	11,474	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Hœnheim	67	360 km SE	11,742	44	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Launaguet	31	761 km S	9,173	63.9	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %

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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-Saulve'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
Wambrechies	59	50 km NW	11,012	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-lez-Lille	59	48 km NW	13,233	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bihorel	76	202 km SW	8,316	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-Esnard	76	203 km SW	8,177	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bois-Guillaume	76	201 km SW	14,539	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Croissy-sur-Seine	78	194 km SW	11,013	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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