Sepmeries

Identity

Sepmeries (INSEE 59565) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays de Mormal. Population 640 (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/59565-sepmeries

Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 16,807 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.

Services

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

1 × Café / bar (AL' COYETTE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SEPMERIES). ^[3]

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, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 647 (2012) → 640 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 489 (1990) → 640 (2023): 30.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 282, of which 1.1 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Préseau): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Artres): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Maresches): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Artres): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sepmeries): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

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. ^[12]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 9 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 76 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 9 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[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, 8.4 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

26 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 259,000 € — 1,668 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Nord is 1,802 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59565/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59565/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59565/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59565/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59471
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59019
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59381
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59565
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025