Wavrechain-sous-Faulx

Nord · CA de la Porte du Hainaut · INSEE 59652

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

Few services 21.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wavrechain-sous-Faulx (INSEE 59652) is in Nord (59), part of CA de la Porte du Hainaut. Population 440 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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 21.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 17,945 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	5	0
Population trend	0.67	10	6.73
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LE FLEURY). ^[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, Library. ^[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 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LE FLEURY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 393 2023: 440 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 395 (2012) → 440 (2023): 11.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 375 (1990) → 440 (2023): 17.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 194, of which 1.5 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km WFood shop — 2.1 km NWPharmacy — 2.1 km NWGP — 2.3 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 (Wasnes-au-Bac): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marquette-en-Ostrevant): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Hordain): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Marquette-en-Ostrevant): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Wavrechain-sous-Faulx): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 13.9 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 47 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 13.9 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BOUCHAIN, 1.2 km away at 35 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 — 59652/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59652/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59652/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59652/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59645
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59387
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59313
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59652
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
Précilhon	64	840 km S	409	22	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 %
Romeny-sur-Marne	02	144 km S	450	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Geispitzen	68	418 km SE	516	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Authieule	80	67 km W	393	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Contz-les-Bains	57	237 km E	548	21.5	Few services	no figures
Montignargues	30	709 km S	556	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Authieule	80	67 km W	393	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Romeny-sur-Marne	02	144 km S	450	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Contz-les-Bains	57	237 km E	548	21.5	Few services	no figures
Geispitzen	68	418 km SE	516	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Montignargues	30	709 km S	556	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Précilhon	64	840 km S	409	22	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 %

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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-Faulx'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
Romeny-sur-Marne	02	144 km S	450	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vaast-de-Longmont	60	115 km S	654	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Malmerspach	68	382 km SE	475	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Goupillières	78	190 km SW	570	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Wangen	67	354 km SE	639	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mittelbergheim	67	366 km SE	593	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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