Bierne

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59082

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

Few services 33.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bierne (INSEE 59082) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 1,716 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/59082-bierne

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 10,633 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.56	10	5.59
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

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 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE BIERNE · GOURMANDISES DES MALICES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU PONT TOURNANT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AU POT DINGUE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE JOSEPH LEPRETRE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS JEAN PARESYS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON DE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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)	2	BOULANGERIE DE BIERNE · GOURMANDISES DES MALICES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	AU PONT TOURNANT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AU POT DINGUE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE JOSEPH LEPRETRE	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BIERNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS JEAN PARESYS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	SALON DE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 676 peak 2017: 1,831 2023: 1,716 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,703 (2012) → 1,716 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,621 (1990) → 1,716 (2023): 5.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 724, of which 1.1 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 1.5 km EFood shop — 1.6 km EPharmacy — 1.7 km E 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 (Bierne): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Socx): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bergues): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bergues): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bierne): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 15.2▸

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DUNKERQUE weather station, 11.3 km away at 11 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DUNKERQUE, 11.3 km away at 11 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 702 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DUNKERQUE, 11.3 km away at 11 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 — 59082/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59082/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59082/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59082/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59082
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59570
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59067
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
Clavette	17	593 km SW	1,406	39	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Bennecourt	78	222 km S	1,747	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Labry	54	318 km SE	1,554	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Darvoy	45	346 km S	1,930	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 46 %
Loisin	74	594 km SE	1,768	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Bailleval	60	180 km S	1,483	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bailleval	60	180 km S	1,483	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Bennecourt	78	222 km S	1,747	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Labry	54	318 km SE	1,554	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Darvoy	45	346 km S	1,930	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 46 %
Clavette	17	593 km SW	1,406	39	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Loisin	74	594 km SE	1,768	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · 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 Bierne'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
Clohars-Fouesnant	29	579 km SW	2,264	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lampaul-Guimiliau	29	539 km SW	2,032	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Cresserons	14	271 km SW	1,068	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Rouxmesnil-Bouteilles	76	150 km SW	1,798	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Gouesnach	29	581 km SW	2,836	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Locmaria-Grand-Champ	56	518 km SW	1,855	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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