Boeschepe
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 54.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Boeschepe (INSEE 59086) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 2,244 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59086-boeschepe
Vitality score
Vitality score 54.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 81 % of the 8,853 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.79 | 20 | 15.82 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.66 | 10 | 6.56 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.68 | 10 | 6.77 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.66 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DU PAIN POUR DEMAIN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CNOCKAERT). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (BARAT JEAN PIERRE · DECOOPMAN · T' HOMMELHOF SAS · PLAZA PREMIUM LOUNGE PARIS). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE GRAND SAINT HUBERT · DE VIERPOT). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THOMAS EVERAERE, MÉDECIN · FLORENT DELABRE, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-FRANCOIS ANGRAND, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE SQUIMBRE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES MONTS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE CLAUDE DUPONT). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS MICHEL PLAMON). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (SALOME COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LES BOUCLES DES FLANDRES). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU VERT MONT). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (LE TRAPPEUR FRANCAIS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Hairdresser, 2 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | DU PAIN POUR DEMAIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE CNOCKAERT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | 6 | BARAT JEAN PIERRE · DECOOPMAN · T' HOMMELHOF SAS · PLAZA PREMIUM LOUNGE PARIS | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE GRAND SAINT HUBERT · DE VIERPOT | INSEE SIRENE 2 [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) | 5 | THOMAS EVERAERE, MÉDECIN · FLORENT DELABRE, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-FRANCOIS ANGRAND, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE SQUIMBRE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DES MONTS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE CLAUDE DUPONT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DES SPORTS MICHEL PLAMON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | SALOME COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LES BOUCLES DES FLANDRES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | AUBERGE DU VERT MONT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 2 | LE TRAPPEUR FRANCAIS | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,188 (2012) → 2,244 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,906 (1990) → 2,244 (2023): 17.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 968, of which 3.4 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Boeschepe): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Boeschepe): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Boeschepe): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Boeschepe): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Boeschepe): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [9]
Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 9.2 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 71 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 7.1 km away at 25 m, over 10 summers. [9]
An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at STEENVOORDE, 9.2 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59086/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59086/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59086/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59086/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59086
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plounéventer | 29 | 558 km SW | 2,251 | 56.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Varennes-le-Grand | 71 | 482 km S | 2,293 | 53 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 % |
| Edern | 29 | 567 km SW | 2,186 | 52.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaurepaire | 85 | 513 km SW | 2,385 | 54.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 % |
| Godewaersvelde | 59 | 3.4 km W | 2,024 | 56.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Romagné | 35 | 396 km SW | 2,438 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godewaersvelde | 59 | 3.4 km W | 2,024 | 56.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Romagné | 35 | 396 km SW | 2,438 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Varennes-le-Grand | 71 | 482 km S | 2,293 | 53 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 % |
| Beaurepaire | 85 | 513 km SW | 2,385 | 54.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 % |
| Plounéventer | 29 | 558 km SW | 2,251 | 56.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Edern | 29 | 567 km SW | 2,186 | 52.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · 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 Boeschepe'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edern | 29 | 567 km SW | 2,186 | 52.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Godewaersvelde | 59 | 3.4 km W | 2,024 | 56.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Romagné | 35 | 396 km SW | 2,438 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roquetoire | 62 | 29 km SW | 1,970 | 48.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Méteren | 59 | 6.6 km S | 2,231 | 50.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Noyal-Muzillac | 56 | 517 km SW | 2,548 | 54.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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