Bavinchove

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59054

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

Few services 38.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bavinchove (INSEE 59054) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 1,045 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/59054-bavinchove

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 14,081 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.73	10	7.32
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

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 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]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DESORMAIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE MARKT BROC CAFE · KYKZFOOD). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CH'TIFAITOUT). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU VAL DE LA PEENE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE NUNS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BAVINCHOVE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1	BOUCHERIE DESORMAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LE MARKT BROC CAFE · KYKZFOOD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CH'TIFAITOUT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU VAL DE LA PEENE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PIERRE NUNS, 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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BAVINCHOVE	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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 745 2023: 1,045 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 930 (2012) → 1,045 (2023): 12.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 848 (1990) → 1,045 (2023): 23.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 451, of which 0.9 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.9 km NE 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 (Oxelaëre): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bavinchove): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bavinchove): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cassel): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bavinchove): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 9.5 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 30 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 9.5 km away at 42 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at STEENVOORDE, 9.5 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59054/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59054/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59054/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59054/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59454
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59135
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
Andouillé-Neuville	35	402 km SW	1,017	36.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf	85	536 km SW	1,140	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Médard-en-Forez	42	594 km S	962	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Hières-sur-Amby	38	593 km S	1,245	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 58 %
Saint-Vougay	29	533 km SW	873	42.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Acquin-Westbécourt	62	27 km W	802	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Acquin-Westbécourt	62	27 km W	802	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Andouillé-Neuville	35	402 km SW	1,017	36.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vougay	29	533 km SW	873	42.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf	85	536 km SW	1,140	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Hières-sur-Amby	38	593 km S	1,245	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 58 %
Saint-Médard-en-Forez	42	594 km S	962	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Bavinchove'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
Châteauneuf	85	536 km SW	1,140	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Acquin-Westbécourt	62	27 km W	802	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Baye	29	546 km SW	1,369	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-du-Pinel	35	405 km SW	1,018	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Langan	35	420 km SW	1,106	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Houtkerque	59	14 km NE	978	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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