Wargnies-le-Petit

Identity

Wargnies-le-Petit (INSEE 59640) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Pays de Mormal. Population 771 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59640-wargnies-le-petit

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 15,864 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (LANSIAUX). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 777 (2012) → 771 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 676 (1990) → 771 (2023): 14.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 335, of which 0.6 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Wargnies-le-Grand): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Jenlain): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Wargnies-le-Grand): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Gommegnies): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Wargnies-le-Petit): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

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. ^[13]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 15.4 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 15.4 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[13]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LE QUESNOY, 6.4 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

38 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 169,000 € — 1,404 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Nord is 1,802 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[14]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59640/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/172501fd-e965-376d-a036-c7d3531a3818— “Marché de l'Avesnois® bio de producteurs - Au panier de la Tournichette”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59640/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59640/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59640/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59639
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59323
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59265
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59640
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025