Vieux-Mesnil

Nord · CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre · INSEE 59617

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

Few services 26.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vieux-Mesnil (INSEE 59617) is in Nord (59), part of CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Population 641 (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/59617-vieux-mesnil

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 16,763 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.97	10	9.67
Housing mix	1	5	5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE VIEUX-MESNIL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE DEVIGNE	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	1	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE VIEUX-MESNIL	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	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: 402 2023: 641 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 592 (2012) → 641 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 437 (1990) → 641 (2023): 46.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 0 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km NEFood shop — 3.0 km EGP — 3.1 km EPharmacy — 3.7 km S 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 (Feignies): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hautmont): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Hautmont): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pont-sur-Sambre): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vieux-Mesnil): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.2

Days at or below 0 °C 49.6

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MAUBEUGE weather station, 7.7 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 138 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 12.8 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MAUBEUGE, 7.7 km away at 142 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59617/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59617/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59617/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59617/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59225
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59291
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59467
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59617
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
Yvecrique	76	227 km W	623	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Barzun	64	839 km SW	626	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 36 %
Erchin	59	50 km W	670	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Warlaing	59	42 km NW	603	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-au-Bois	62	86 km W	607	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Jumeauville	78	211 km SW	638	23	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Warlaing	59	42 km NW	603	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Erchin	59	50 km W	670	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Villers-au-Bois	62	86 km W	607	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Jumeauville	78	211 km SW	638	23	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Yvecrique	76	227 km W	623	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Barzun	64	839 km SW	626	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Vieux-Mesnil'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
Warlaing	59	42 km NW	603	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-au-Bois	62	86 km W	607	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mecquignies	59	4.6 km NW	695	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Fouju	77	201 km SW	655	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Gilocourt	60	128 km SW	626	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Catenay	76	200 km SW	702	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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