Vertain

Nord · CC du Pays Solesmois · INSEE 59612

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

Few services 26.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vertain (INSEE 59612) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays Solesmois. Population 535 (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/59612-vertain

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,604 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.52	10	5.19
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[4]

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

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, 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	1	CAFE DE LA PLACE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 587 2023: 535 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 506 (2012) → 535 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 525 (1990) → 535 (2023): 1.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 243, of which 3.7 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.1 km SWGP — 3.2 km WBakery — 3.3 km SWPharmacy — 3.5 km SW 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 (Solesmes): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Solesmes): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Haussy): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Solesmes): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vertain): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 13.7 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 13.7 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE QUESNOY, 10.2 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59612/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59612/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59612/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59612/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59571
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59289
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59612
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
Embreville	80	143 km W	560	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Méricourt-l'Abbé	80	74 km W	587	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Steinseltz	67	345 km E	614	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Hindlingen	68	395 km SE	646	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Benney	54	272 km SE	637	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Hunting	57	220 km SE	673	28.2	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Méricourt-l'Abbé	80	74 km W	587	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Embreville	80	143 km W	560	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Hunting	57	220 km SE	673	28.2	Few services	no figures
Benney	54	272 km SE	637	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Steinseltz	67	345 km E	614	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Hindlingen	68	395 km SE	646	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Vertain'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
Embreville	80	143 km W	560	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Méricourt-l'Abbé	80	74 km W	587	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Rumaucourt	62	33 km W	691	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Aveluy	80	65 km W	540	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes	80	88 km SW	517	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Altviller	57	264 km SE	524	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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