La Sentinelle

Nord · CA de la Porte du Hainaut · INSEE 59564

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

Partly served 44.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Sentinelle (INSEE 59564) is in Nord (59), part of CA de la Porte du Hainaut. Population 3,103 (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/59564-la-sentinelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)).

Better served than 39 % of the 6,925 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	0.38	25	9.52
Social	0.73	20	14.64
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.22	10	2.21
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.36	10	3.65
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · BOULANGERIE ANGE · BOULANGERIE CARLIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (GRAND FRAIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPARTACUS · GIE LA SENTINELLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (MAGIK'DEPOT · INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

11 × Restaurant (TRUCK ETAPE VALENCIENNES - TEV · LE SAINT CHRISTOPHE · COMPASS GROUP F518 · LE RESTAURANT DU VIGNOBLE · LES AGAPES). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOLIOT-CURIE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AYMAN CHEHIMI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA SENTINELLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE JULES VERNE). ^[3]

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

1 × Bank (AGENCE LA SENTINELLE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (HAIR NO LINE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle).

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · BOULANGERIE ANGE · BOULANGERIE CARLIER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	GRAND FRAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SPARTACUS · GIE LA SENTINELLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	MAGIK'DEPOT · INTERMARCHE	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	11	TRUCK ETAPE VALENCIENNES - TEV · LE SAINT CHRISTOPHE · COMPASS GROUP F518 · LE RESTAURANT DU VIGNOBLE · LES AGAPES	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOLIOT-CURIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	AYMAN CHEHIMI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA SENTINELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	MEDIATHEQUE JULES VERNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	AGENCE LA SENTINELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	HAIR NO LINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 3,288 peak 1982: 3,729 2023: 3,103 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,299 (2012) → 3,103 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,588 (1990) → 3,103 (2023): -13.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,547, of which 1.9 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (La Sentinelle): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Sentinelle): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Sentinelle): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Sentinelle): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Sentinelle): 0.1 km to the north-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. ^[9]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 2.9 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 52 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 2.9 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VALENCIENNES, 2.9 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59564/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59564/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59564/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59564/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59564
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
L'Étrat	42	545 km S	2,879	63.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Rivery	80	97 km SW	3,636	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Sochaux	25	399 km SE	3,721	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Beaurains	62	50 km W	5,559	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Montlignon	95	172 km SW	3,038	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Bavilliers	90	390 km SE	4,678	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaurains	62	50 km W	5,559	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Rivery	80	97 km SW	3,636	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montlignon	95	172 km SW	3,038	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Bavilliers	90	390 km SE	4,678	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sochaux	25	399 km SE	3,721	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
L'Étrat	42	545 km S	2,879	63.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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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 La Sentinelle'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
Rivery	80	97 km SW	3,636	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Beaurains	62	50 km W	5,559	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Brice-Courcelles	51	126 km S	3,566	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-Blangy	62	49 km W	6,459	55.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mareil-Marly	78	192 km SW	4,141	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Le Port-Marly	78	191 km SW	5,559	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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