Bambecque

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59046

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

Partly served 57.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bambecque (INSEE 59046) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 845 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/59046-bambecque

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 15,338 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.91	20	18.15
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.93	10	9.35
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE THOMAS NEMPO). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA VIEILLE FORGE · PIZZA DADA · BRASSERIE DE L'YSER). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA BELLE VUE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB J DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AUDREY MOFFELEIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LA SOURCE LA SOURCE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L UNIV ' HAIR DE FLO). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (L'ILE DE BAMBECQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE THOMAS NEMPO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	3	LA VIEILLE FORGE · PIZZA DADA · BRASSERIE DE L'YSER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LA BELLE VUE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB J DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	AUDREY MOFFELEIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE LA SOURCE LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	L UNIV ' HAIR DE FLO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	L'ILE DE BAMBECQUE	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: 642 2023: 845 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 747 (2012) → 845 (2023): 13.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 589 (1990) → 845 (2023): 43.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 344, of which 2 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.9 km SWPharmacy — 2.1 km SW 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 (Bambecque): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Herzeele): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bambecque): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Herzeele): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bambecque): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.7

Days at or below 0 °C 27.4

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 8.2 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 8 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 8.2 km away at 42 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 767 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at KILLEM, 6 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59046/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59046/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59046/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59046/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59305
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
Val-de-Vesle	51	226 km SE	1,019	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Jolimetz	59	110 km SE	856	42.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Marie-Cappel	59	13 km S	825	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Foussemagne	90	486 km SE	869	48	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Ville-Saint-Jacques	77	286 km S	815	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenay-sur-Eure	28	291 km S	1,206	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Marie-Cappel	59	13 km S	825	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Jolimetz	59	110 km SE	856	42.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Val-de-Vesle	51	226 km SE	1,019	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Ville-Saint-Jacques	77	286 km S	815	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenay-sur-Eure	28	291 km S	1,206	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Foussemagne	90	486 km SE	869	48	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 39 % · 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 Bambecque'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
Sainte-Marie-Cappel	59	13 km S	825	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Wallon-Cappel	59	20 km S	808	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Acq	62	62 km S	783	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Trédaniel	22	467 km SW	906	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lauzach	56	520 km SW	1,264	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Beaucamps-Ligny	59	42 km SE	845	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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