Wavrechain-sous-Denain

Nord · CA de la Porte du Hainaut · INSEE 59651

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

Few services 27/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wavrechain-sous-Denain (INSEE 59651) is in Nord (59), part of CA de la Porte du Hainaut. Population 1,599 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 27/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 11,161 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.39	10	3.9
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (J&B BURGERS). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE WAVRECHAIN-SOUS-DENAIN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE LUCIEN LAURETTE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (JESS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	J&B BURGERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE M THOREZ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MAURICE THOREZ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PUSKARIC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE WAVRECHAIN-SOUS-DENAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE LUCIEN LAURETTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	JESS COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 1,956 2023: 1,599 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,616 (2012) → 1,599 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,797 (1990) → 1,599 (2023): -11 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 750, of which 0.3 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.6 km NWFood shop — 0.8 km WGP — 1.4 km SE 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 (Denain): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Denain): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Haulchin): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Wavrechain-sous-Denain): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Wavrechain-sous-Denain): 0.2 km to the north (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, 3.4 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 30 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 3.4 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VALENCIENNES, 3.4 km away at 50 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 — 59651/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59651/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59651/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59651/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59172
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59288
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59651
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
Navenne	70	363 km SE	1,579	45	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Lipsheim	67	369 km SE	2,702	41.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Conches-sur-Gondoire	77	171 km S	1,761	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Biviers	38	593 km S	2,377	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Dampierre-les-Bois	25	405 km SE	1,615	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Bailleval	60	129 km SW	1,483	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bailleval	60	129 km SW	1,483	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Conches-sur-Gondoire	77	171 km S	1,761	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Navenne	70	363 km SE	1,579	45	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Lipsheim	67	369 km SE	2,702	41.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Dampierre-les-Bois	25	405 km SE	1,615	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Biviers	38	593 km S	2,377	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 54 % · 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 Wavrechain-sous-Denain'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
Conches-sur-Gondoire	77	171 km S	1,761	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Guermantes	77	172 km S	1,153	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Magenta	51	148 km S	1,680	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Auffargis	78	212 km SW	1,963	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Forest-sur-Marque	59	37 km NW	1,662	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pabu	22	511 km W	2,771	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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