Caëstre

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59120

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

Served 61.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Caëstre (INSEE 59120) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 1,951 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59120-caestre

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 9,779 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.72	10	7.22
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 0 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE · LE TEMPS D'UN SOURIRE · LA BARAQUE A FRITES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA MAIRIE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARGUERITE YOURCENAR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE GRACE). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALENTIN VANMERRIS, MÉDECIN · PAULINE REUMAUX, MÉDECIN · STÉPHANE WAELS, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE DUQUENNE MEPLON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CAESTRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE DONAT GODIN). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (L'ORCHIDEE ZEN · VANESSA R · COTE SALON). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	L'AUBERGE · LE TEMPS D'UN SOURIRE · LA BARAQUE A FRITES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARGUERITE YOURCENAR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE GRACE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	VALENTIN VANMERRIS, MÉDECIN · PAULINE REUMAUX, MÉDECIN · STÉPHANE WAELS, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE DUQUENNE MEPLON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CAESTRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE DONAT GODIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	6	L'ORCHIDEE ZEN · VANESSA R · COTE SALON	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,164 peak 2017: 1,980 2023: 1,951 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,906 (2012) → 1,951 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,597 (1990) → 1,951 (2023): 22.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 833, of which 1.1 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.7 km SW 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 (Caëstre): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Caëstre): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Caëstre): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Hazebrouck): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Caëstre): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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, 8.3 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 5.9 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, 8.3 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 — 59120/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59120/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59120/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59120/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59295
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
Vailly-sur-Aisne	02	163 km SE	2,050	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Poix-du-Nord	59	95 km SE	2,126	43.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Metzervisse	57	308 km SE	2,277	64.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %
Chalindrey	52	387 km SE	2,353	52.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Dury	80	104 km S	1,441	62.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Sannerville	14	268 km SW	1,905	48.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Poix-du-Nord	59	95 km SE	2,126	43.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Dury	80	104 km S	1,441	62.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Vailly-sur-Aisne	02	163 km SE	2,050	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Sannerville	14	268 km SW	1,905	48.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Metzervisse	57	308 km SE	2,277	64.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %
Chalindrey	52	387 km SE	2,353	52.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · 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 Caëstre'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
Réguiny	56	496 km SW	1,955	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien	22	467 km SW	2,101	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tilly-sur-Seulles	14	291 km SW	1,800	60.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Gonneville-la-Mallet	76	210 km SW	1,338	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Racquinghem	62	19 km SW	2,257	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Montreuil-sur-Mer	62	68 km SW	1,912	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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