Saulzoir

Nord · CC du Pays Solesmois · INSEE 59558

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

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saulzoir (INSEE 59558) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays Solesmois. Population 1,672 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59558-saulzoir

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 10,820 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.43	10	4.32
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE CUINCY). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AMANTEA). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MIHAELA KISS, MÉDECIN · VALERIE ARCHIN-MORELLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DELLISE DECRET). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAULZOIR AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAULZOIR). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (R COIFFURE · SANDRINE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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	1	ALDI MARCHE CUINCY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	AMANTEA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE PASTEUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MIHAELA KISS, MÉDECIN · VALERIE ARCHIN-MORELLE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DELLISE DECRET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAULZOIR AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAULZOIR	INSEE BPE 1 [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	4	R COIFFURE · SANDRINE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 2,022 2023: 1,672 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,728 (2012) → 1,672 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,794 (1990) → 1,672 (2023): -6.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 817, of which 1.5 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.1 km NBakery — 2.9 km NW 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 (Haspres): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saulzoir): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

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

Primary school (Saulzoir): 0.4 km to the north-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, 10.1 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 49 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 10.1 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, 10.1 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 — 59558/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59558/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59558/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59558/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59285
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59558
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
Conty	80	108 km SW	1,660	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Béville-le-Comte	28	236 km SW	1,705	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Neuville-les-Dames	01	468 km S	1,565	36.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 96 %
Jonchery-sur-Vesle	51	109 km S	1,822	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ambillou	37	380 km SW	1,746	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Arcey	25	383 km SE	1,489	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Conty	80	108 km SW	1,660	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Jonchery-sur-Vesle	51	109 km S	1,822	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Béville-le-Comte	28	236 km SW	1,705	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ambillou	37	380 km SW	1,746	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Arcey	25	383 km SE	1,489	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Neuville-les-Dames	01	468 km S	1,565	36.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 96 %

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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 Saulzoir'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
Béville-le-Comte	28	236 km SW	1,705	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Jonchery-sur-Vesle	51	109 km S	1,822	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Illies	59	56 km NW	1,712	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mortagne-du-Nord	59	30 km N	1,599	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vaiges	53	375 km SW	1,178	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Féchain	59	17 km W	1,635	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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