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La Bassée

Nord · Métropole Européenne de Lille · INSEE 59051

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

Served 62.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Bassée (INSEE 59051) is in Nord (59), part of Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population 6,650 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59051-la-bassee

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 3,596 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.442511.07
Social0.92018.08
Education0.53105.28
Health0.7106.96
Public & culture0.1150.55
Population trend0.61106.05
Housing mix0.9954.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DE MON ENFANCE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE GOBERT · UNE PART DE DOUCEUR). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ REMI). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FAMILY MARKET · ANTHO'MARKET). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SODIBASSE). [3,4]

16 × Restaurant (L ENVIE DE FRITES · YAKAMOZ · LOLAVE · PIZZARIO · FADI). [3,4]

7 × Café / bar (CHEZ GREG · CAFE DE LA POSTE · LE QUAI · LA TERRASSE). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LA ROSERAIE). [3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHARLEMAGNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE NOTRE DAME). [3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE ALBERT SCHWEITZER · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE-DAME). [3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MIREILLE RUSSO, MÉDECIN · MARTINE DAVION-COEVOET, MÉDECIN · MAXIME CAUCHIE, MÉDECIN · ANAÏS GEISSLER, MÉDECIN · LAURA DELIGNE, MÉDECIN). [3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES AUGUSTINS · PHARMACIE DE L'EGLISE · PHARMACIE SISTRIER). [3,4]

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

3 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE A SCHWERTZER · ESPACE GUY DRUT · GYMNASE GABRIEL PERI). [3]

9 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LA BASSEE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE LA BASSEE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE). [3]

7 × Hairdresser (STEPH COIFFURE · SYMBIOSE · SHAMPOO · TCHIP COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Library. [3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)5AUX DELICES DE MON ENFANCE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE GOBERT · UNE PART DE DOUCEURINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1CHEZ REMIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2FAMILY MARKET · ANTHO'MARKETINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket1SODIBASSEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant16L ENVIE DE FRITES · YAKAMOZ · LOLAVE · PIZZARIO · FADIINSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4]
Café / bar7CHEZ GREG · CAFE DE LA POSTE · LE QUAI · LA TERRASSEINSEE SIRENE 7 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE LA ROSERAIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)3ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHARLEMAGNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE NOTRE DAMEINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège2COLLEGE ALBERT SCHWEITZER · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE-DAMEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)8MIREILLE RUSSO, MÉDECIN · MARTINE DAVION-COEVOET, MÉDECIN · MAXIME CAUCHIE, MÉDECIN · ANAÏS GEISSLER, MÉDECIN · LAURA DELIGNE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy3PHARMACIE DES AUGUSTINS · PHARMACIE DE L'EGLISE · PHARMACIE SISTRIERINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall3COLLEGE A SCHWERTZER · ESPACE GUY DRUT · GYMNASE GABRIEL PERIINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank9CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LA BASSEE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE LA BASSEE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCEINSEE BPE 9 [3]
Hairdresser7STEPH COIFFURE · SYMBIOSE · SHAMPOO · TCHIP COIFFUREINSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday de 8h à 12h place du Général de Gaulle. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 5,463 2023: 6,650 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,413 (2012) → 6,650 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 6,017 (1990) → 6,650 (2023): 10.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,362, of which 0.7 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (La Bassée): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Food shop (La Bassée): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Violaines): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (La Bassée): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (La Bassée): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59051/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://ville-labassee.fr/mon-quotidien/marche-hebdomadaire— “Tous les jeudis, de 8h à 12h, la place du Général de Gaulle accueille le marché hebdomadaire.”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59051/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59051/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59051/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59051
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62863

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Neuves-Maisons54319 km SE6,52455.6Partly servedno figures
Esbly77181 km S6,07252.8Partly servedno figures
Sains-en-Gohelle6213 km SW5,94849Partly servedno figures
Tain-l'Hermitage26626 km S5,91564.4Servedno figures
Saint-Memmie51209 km SE5,44150.2Partly servedno figures
Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse78210 km S7,74754.8Partly servedno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sains-en-Gohelle6213 km SW5,94849Partly servedno figures
Esbly77181 km S6,07252.8Partly servedno figures
Saint-Memmie51209 km SE5,44150.2Partly servedno figures
Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse78210 km S7,74754.8Partly servedno figures
Neuves-Maisons54319 km SE6,52455.6Partly servedno figures
Tain-l'Hermitage26626 km S5,91564.4Servedno figures

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