Viesly

Nord · CC du Pays Solesmois · INSEE 59614

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

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Viesly (INSEE 59614) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays Solesmois. Population 1,364 (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/59614-viesly

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 12,279 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.37	10	3.71
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PETIT VIESLY). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIESLY SUPERETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ALOUETTE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FABRICE VANDORPE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES AUBEPINES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIESLY AGENCE POSTALE COMMUNALE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VIESLY). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU PETIT VIESLY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIESLY SUPERETTE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ALOUETTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FABRICE VANDORPE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES AUBEPINES	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	VIESLY AGENCE POSTALE COMMUNALE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VIESLY	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 2,243 2023: 1,364 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,477 (2012) → 1,364 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,566 (1990) → 1,364 (2023): -12.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 692, of which 1.6 % second homes and 11.4 % 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 (Viesly): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Viesly): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Viesly): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Viesly): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Viesly): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.6

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 19.5 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 116 m. ^[9]

The village sits 66 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 19.5 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 66 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 788 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at TROISVILLES, 6.1 km away at 125 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59614/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59614/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59614/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59614/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59614
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
Le Pertre	35	403 km SW	1,363	43.6	Partly served	no figures
Piney	10	209 km S	1,387	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-sur-Cher	18	376 km S	1,360	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Coulans-sur-Gée	72	346 km SW	1,605	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mirabeau	84	736 km S	1,450	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Marbache	54	243 km SE	1,665	33	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Piney	10	209 km S	1,387	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Marbache	54	243 km SE	1,665	33	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Coulans-sur-Gée	72	346 km SW	1,605	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf-sur-Cher	18	376 km S	1,360	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pertre	35	403 km SW	1,363	43.6	Partly served	no figures
Mirabeau	84	736 km S	1,450	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · 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 Viesly'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
Coulans-sur-Gée	72	346 km SW	1,605	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Tracy-le-Mont	60	82 km SW	1,686	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Beauquesne	80	77 km W	1,352	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Port-Brillet	53	394 km SW	1,827	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Connantre	51	162 km S	1,011	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vaury	23	457 km S	1,718	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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