Wignehies

Nord · CC du Sud Avesnois · INSEE 59659

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

Partly served 50.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wignehies (INSEE 59659) is in Nord (59), part of CC du Sud Avesnois. Population 2,804 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/59659-wignehies

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 7,545 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	0.52	25	13.03
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.29	10	2.91
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PLAISIR DU GOUT · LA MIE DES PIENS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (PRISSETTE ET FRERES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (MARGOT). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LA BONNE PLANCHE · LE NARVAL). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DU TERNE). ^[3]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ESTELLE BOUFFÉNIE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE WIGNEHIES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE WIGNEHIES). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE VOLTAIRE · SALLE PIERRE DE COUBERTIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE SERVANE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	AU PLAISIR DU GOUT · LA MIE DES PIENS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	PRISSETTE ET FRERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	MARGOT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LA BONNE PLANCHE · LE NARVAL	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DU TERNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU TERNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ESTELLE BOUFFÉNIE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DE WIGNEHIES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE WIGNEHIES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	SALLE VOLTAIRE · SALLE PIERRE DE COUBERTIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	L'ATELIER DE SERVANE	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,803 2023: 2,804 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,012 (2012) → 2,804 (2023): -6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,544 (1990) → 2,804 (2023): -20.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,395, of which 1.5 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.6 km E 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 (Wignehies): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Wignehies): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Wignehies): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Wignehies): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Wignehies): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.8

Days at or below 0 °C 50.5

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE weather station, 15.6 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 172 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE-SUR-HELPE, 15.6 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

An average of 932 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at FOURMIES, 2.5 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59659/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59659/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59659/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59659/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59659
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
Pinsaguel	31	750 km S	2,786	69	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	463 km S	3,124	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Quincampoix	76	210 km W	3,103	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Gainneville	76	274 km W	2,548	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Savournin	13	744 km S	3,397	45.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Montmorot	39	388 km S	3,261	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Quincampoix	76	210 km W	3,103	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Gainneville	76	274 km W	2,548	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Montmorot	39	388 km S	3,261	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	463 km S	3,124	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Savournin	13	744 km S	3,397	45.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Pinsaguel	31	750 km S	2,786	69	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Wignehies'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
Quincampoix	76	210 km W	3,103	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Thiant	59	51 km NW	2,914	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ailly-sur-Somme	80	129 km W	3,003	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Longueil-Annel	60	102 km SW	2,586	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Agnetz	60	136 km SW	3,058	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Beautor	02	62 km SW	2,579	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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