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Boeschepe

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59086

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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.26256.56
Social0.792015.82
Education0.39103.93
Health0.66106.56
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.68106.77
Housing mix0.9354.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 2 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 × 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1DU PAIN POUR DEMAININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE CNOCKAERTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant6BARAT JEAN PIERRE · DECOOPMAN · T' HOMMELHOF SAS · PLAZA PREMIUM LOUNGE PARISINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar2LE GRAND SAINT HUBERT · DE VIERPOTINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5THOMAS EVERAERE, MÉDECIN · FLORENT DELABRE, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-FRANCOIS ANGRAND, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE SQUIMBRE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DES MONTSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE CLAUDE DUPONTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE DES SPORTS MICHEL PLAMONINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2SALOME COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LES BOUCLES DES FLANDRESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1AUBERGE DU VERT MONTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Campsite2LE TRAPPEUR FRANCAISINSEE 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

1968: 2,015 2023: 2,244 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

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

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 (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

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. [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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59086/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59086/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59086/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59086/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59086
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Plounéventer29558 km SW2,25156.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Varennes-le-Grand71482 km S2,29353Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %
Edern29567 km SW2,18652.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Beaurepaire85513 km SW2,38554.9Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 %
Godewaersvelde593.4 km W2,02456.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Romagné35396 km SW2,43854.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Godewaersvelde593.4 km W2,02456.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Romagné35396 km SW2,43854.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Varennes-le-Grand71482 km S2,29353Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %
Beaurepaire85513 km SW2,38554.9Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 %
Plounéventer29558 km SW2,25156.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Edern29567 km SW2,18652.8Partly servedMuch 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Edern29567 km SW2,18652.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Godewaersvelde593.4 km W2,02456.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Romagné35396 km SW2,43854.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Roquetoire6229 km SW1,97048.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Méteren596.6 km S2,23150.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Noyal-Muzillac56517 km SW2,54854.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %