Villers-en-Cauchies

Nord · CA de Cambrai · INSEE 59622

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

Few services 25.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villers-en-Cauchies (INSEE 59622) is in Nord (59), part of CA de Cambrai. Population 1,151 (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/59622-villers-en-cauchies

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 13,487 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	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.46	10	4.57
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AU TRESOR DU NORD · LE SAINT CLAUDE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLERS EN CAUCHIES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VILLERS-EN-CAUCHIES). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	2	AU TRESOR DU NORD · LE SAINT CLAUDE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	VILLERS EN CAUCHIES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VILLERS-EN-CAUCHIES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ESPACE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,422 2023: 1,151 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,256 (2012) → 1,151 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,203 (1990) → 1,151 (2023): -4.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 541, of which 1.1 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.0 km SEBakery — 2.1 km SEPharmacy — 2.2 km SEFood shop — 3.3 km NW 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 (Saint-Aubert): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Avesnes-le-Sec): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Aubert): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Aubert): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villers-en-Cauchies): 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, 12.3 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 75 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 12.3 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOUCHAIN, 8.5 km away at 35 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 — 59622/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59622/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59622/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59622/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59528
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59622
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
Montilliers	49	443 km SW	1,222	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Ravenel	60	102 km SW	1,041	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Moissat	63	495 km S	1,253	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Villiers	86	461 km SW	982	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Berchères-les-Pierres	28	245 km SW	1,000	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Parné-sur-Roc	53	385 km SW	1,378	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ravenel	60	102 km SW	1,041	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Berchères-les-Pierres	28	245 km SW	1,000	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Parné-sur-Roc	53	385 km SW	1,378	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Montilliers	49	443 km SW	1,222	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Villiers	86	461 km SW	982	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Moissat	63	495 km S	1,253	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 95 % · 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 Villers-en-Cauchies'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
Parné-sur-Roc	53	385 km SW	1,378	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Forcé	53	385 km SW	1,099	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vred	59	22 km NW	1,302	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chiry-Ourscamp	60	82 km SW	1,093	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Campigny	27	228 km SW	1,085	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gonnery	56	509 km SW	1,087	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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