Saint-Waast

Nord · CC du Pays de Mormal · INSEE 59548

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

Few services 20/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Waast (INSEE 59548) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays de Mormal. Population 686 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/59548-saint-waast

Vitality score

Vitality score 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 16,452 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	0.6	10	6.01
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MIXTE DE SAINT WAAST LA VALLEE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SHAMPOO). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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 MIXTE DE SAINT WAAST LA VALLEE	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	1	SHAMPOO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 666 2023: 686 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 626 (2012) → 686 (2023): 9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 623 (1990) → 686 (2023): 10.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 304, of which 3 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km SFood shop — 2.9 km NEGP — 3.0 km EPharmacy — 3.1 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 (L'Orée de Mormal): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bellignies): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bavay): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bavay): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Waast): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.2

Days at or below 0 °C 49.6

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MAUBEUGE weather station, 15.8 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[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, 9.7 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 — 59548/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59548/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59548/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59548/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59065
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59548
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
Petosse	85	547 km SW	688	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 73 %
Hautot-Saint-Sulpice	76	226 km W	688	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Varambon	01	488 km S	675	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 76 %
Pernant	02	109 km S	682	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Varenne-Saint-Germain	71	431 km S	684	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 78 %
Gabaston	64	828 km SW	673	20.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 59 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pernant	02	109 km S	682	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Hautot-Saint-Sulpice	76	226 km W	688	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Varenne-Saint-Germain	71	431 km S	684	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 78 %
Varambon	01	488 km S	675	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 76 %
Petosse	85	547 km SW	688	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 73 %
Gabaston	64	828 km SW	673	20.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 59 %

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