Villers-Pol
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villers-Pol (INSEE 59626) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays de Mormal. Population 1,197 (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/59626-villers-pol
Vitality score
Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 26 % of the 13,234 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.45 | 10 | 4.53 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.86 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DECRIEM). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (NESTOR RECEPTIONS SARL · SISSI COOK). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTELLE LEMAIRE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLERS-POL). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall. [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE DECRIEM | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 2 | NESTOR RECEPTIONS SARL · SISSI COOK | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 1 | CHRISTELLE LEMAIRE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLERS-POL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 1,239 (2012) → 1,197 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,256 (1990) → 1,197 (2023): -4.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 561, of which 1.4 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villers-Pol): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Le Quesnoy): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Villers-Pol): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Préseau): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Villers-Pol): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 93 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 12 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, 6.1 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
99 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 188,000 € — 1,483 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Nord is 1,802 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59626/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59626/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59626/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59626/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59626
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59481
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59471
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocé-les-Bois | 35 | 428 km SW | 1,312 | 40.9 | Partly served | no figures |
| Neuvy | 03 | 415 km S | 1,475 | 31.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontenay-sur-Eure | 28 | 264 km SW | 1,206 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sardieu | 38 | 560 km S | 1,193 | 36.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne | 42 | 473 km S | 1,170 | 33 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ô-de-Selle | 80 | 118 km SW | 1,148 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ô-de-Selle | 80 | 118 km SW | 1,148 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fontenay-sur-Eure | 28 | 264 km SW | 1,206 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neuvy | 03 | 415 km S | 1,475 | 31.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pocé-les-Bois | 35 | 428 km SW | 1,312 | 40.9 | Partly served | no figures |
| Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne | 42 | 473 km S | 1,170 | 33 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sardieu | 38 | 560 km S | 1,193 | 36.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 64 % · 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-Pol'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenay-sur-Eure | 28 | 264 km SW | 1,206 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ô-de-Selle | 80 | 118 km SW | 1,148 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rainneville | 80 | 96 km W | 1,123 | 33.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Wandignies-Hamage | 59 | 25 km NW | 1,301 | 31.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Oulins | 28 | 221 km SW | 1,171 | 35.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Viuz-la-Chiésaz | 74 | 530 km S | 1,351 | 38.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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