The hamlet of La Terrière, just under 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the northeast, which includes around forty houses and a church, is part of Vendhuile as to 1⁄4, and the rest is in the commune of Honnecourt-sur-Escaut in Nord.

According to the terms of Insee and its zoning published in 2020, Vendhuile is a rural municipality, as it does not belong to any urban unit.

[3] Soldile appears in 1148 under the name of Vendulia in a cartulary of the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Martin then Vendulium, Soldile, Soldille, Soldile-en-l'Empire, Vendhuille-Cambrésis, Vendhuille sur Cambrésis, Vendhuille on the Cassini map around 1750, and the current Vendhuile spelling at the end of the 18th century.

Due to the commune's involvement in the first world war the Commonwealth War Graves Commission set up Unicorn Cemetery in the commune where allied soldiers who fought in WW1 are buried, among them is Victoria Cross recipient Lawrence Weathers.

[5] The commune of Vendhuile is a member of the Intercommunalité of Pays du Vermandois, a Public Establishment for Inter-municipal Cooperation (EPCI) with its own tax system created on 31 December 1993 whose head office is at Bellicourt.