Berthen

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59073

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

Partly served 49.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Berthen (INSEE 59073) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 627 (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/59073-berthen

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 16,847 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.85	10	8.51
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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) (MAISON DES JARDINS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (RASPOUTINE SOCIAL CLUB · C'PATISSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE BERTHEN). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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	MAISON DES JARDINS	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	3	RASPOUTINE SOCIAL CLUB · C'PATISSE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE BERTHEN	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 426 2023: 627 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 510 (2012) → 627 (2023): 22.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 464 (1990) → 627 (2023): 35.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 275, of which 5.5 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.5 km NWBakery — 2.0 km NGP — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 2.0 km N 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 (Boeschepe): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Berthen): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Boeschepe): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Boeschepe): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Berthen): 0.2 km to the north (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 0.9

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, 10.4 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 60 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 8 km away at 25 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at STEENVOORDE, 10.4 km away at 42 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 — 59073/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59073/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59073/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59073/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59086
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59073
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
Mareuil-la-Motte	60	138 km S	616	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Courbeveille	53	404 km SW	631	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Roffiac	15	638 km S	561	43.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-la-Plaine	85	549 km SW	529	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Les Sauvages	69	554 km S	626	36.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ennemond	03	459 km S	626	43	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mareuil-la-Motte	60	138 km S	616	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Courbeveille	53	404 km SW	631	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ennemond	03	459 km S	626	43	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-la-Plaine	85	549 km SW	529	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Les Sauvages	69	554 km S	626	36.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Roffiac	15	638 km S	561	43.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Berthen'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
Langouet	35	431 km SW	604	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Allouestre	56	506 km SW	675	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Guitté	22	442 km SW	701	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Verchocq	62	52 km SW	665	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Oudezeele	59	14 km NW	690	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Courset	62	62 km W	505	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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