Saultain

Nord · CA Valenciennes Métropole · INSEE 59557

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

Partly served 51.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saultain (INSEE 59557) is in Nord (59), part of CA Valenciennes Métropole. Population 2,499 (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/59557-saultain

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 8,249 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.73	10	7.27
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (MAISON MOCA). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE COMPTOIR DU BOUCHER). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Restaurant (L'ALSACIENNE · ANDREA · LA PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE J PREVERT). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES BREL). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-PAUL DELGRANGE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (LIRE A SAULTAIN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF JULES GRAVELLE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (GENTLEMEN BARBIER). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON MOCA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LE COMPTOIR DU BOUCHER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA BIENVENUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	L'ALSACIENNE · ANDREA · LA PIZZA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE J PREVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES BREL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JEAN-PAUL DELGRANGE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	LIRE A SAULTAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF JULES GRAVELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	GENTLEMEN BARBIER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,423 2023: 2,499 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,100 (2012) → 2,499 (2023): 19 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,037 (1990) → 2,499 (2023): 22.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,157, of which 0.3 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.0 km W 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 (Saultain): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saultain): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saultain): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Marly): 2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saultain): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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 73 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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59557/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59557/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59557/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59557/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59557
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59383
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
Parçay-Meslay	37	383 km SW	2,574	63.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Fourques	30	743 km S	2,680	62.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %
Bezouce	30	721 km S	2,348	66.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Clairoix	60	112 km SW	2,208	64.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bouafle	78	195 km SW	2,234	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Rodilhan	30	727 km S	2,799	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Clairoix	60	112 km SW	2,208	64.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bouafle	78	195 km SW	2,234	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Parçay-Meslay	37	383 km SW	2,574	63.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Bezouce	30	721 km S	2,348	66.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Rodilhan	30	727 km S	2,799	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Fourques	30	743 km S	2,680	62.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Saultain'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
Clairoix	60	112 km SW	2,208	64.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Boussois	59	33 km E	3,123	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Neauphle-le-Château	78	208 km SW	3,250	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Wahagnies	59	42 km NW	2,613	55.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Souchez	62	60 km W	2,663	65.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bischoffsheim	67	350 km SE	3,342	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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