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La Chapelle-d'Armentières

Nord · Métropole Européenne de Lille · INSEE 59143

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

Served 63/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-d'Armentières (INSEE 59143) is in Nord (59), part of Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population 8,754 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [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/59143-la-chapelle-d-armentieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 63/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 2,809 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 food0.422510.39
Social0.822016.5
Education0.83108.26
Health0.67106.72
Public & culture0.1150.55
Population trend0.62106.19
Housing mix0.9954.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SAINT PIERRE · MISTER PAIN · SARL GENTE · LES FRERES COSTIER BOULANGERIE). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (CJ JOYE). [3,4]

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

11 × Restaurant (LA P'TITE FRINGALE · LE POLE · JCS). [3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE NARVAL · LE WEZ). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DU BOURG). [3]

7 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE LOUIS BARTIER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE WEZ MACQUART · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DU BOURG · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE OMER OLLIVIER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PARC LA CHAPELLE). [3]

1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME DE FATIMA). [3]

12 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIETTE LEPHAY-MOTA, MÉDECIN · YAN HERMANT, MÉDECIN · VÉRONIQUE DELEMARRE, MÉDECIN · MARIE PRADIER, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE WATTEZ, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (SARL PHARMACIE BENOIT · PHARMACIE DE LA CHOQUE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE LA CHAPELLE D'ARMENTIERES · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST). [3]

7 × Hairdresser (GRAPHIC LINE · LA CHAPELLOISE · STYL COIFF · TIF'FANY · L'ATELIER D'ANAIS). [3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 3 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)4SAINT PIERRE · MISTER PAIN · SARL GENTE · LES FRERES COSTIER BOULANGERIEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2CJ JOYEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1CARREFOUR CITYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant11LA P'TITE FRINGALE · LE POLE · JCSINSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4]
Café / bar5LE NARVAL · LE WEZINSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE DU BOURGINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)7GROUPE SCOLAIRE LOUIS BARTIER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE WEZ MACQUART · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DU BOURG · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE OMER OLLIVIER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PARC LA CHAPELLEINSEE BPE 7 [3]
Collège1ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME DE FATIMAINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)12JULIETTE LEPHAY-MOTA, MÉDECIN · YAN HERMANT, MÉDECIN · VÉRONIQUE DELEMARRE, MÉDECIN · MARIE PRADIER, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE WATTEZ, MÉDECININSEE BPE 12 [3]
Pharmacy2SARL PHARMACIE BENOIT · PHARMACIE DE LA CHOQUEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank4CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE LA CHAPELLE D'ARMENTIERES · BANQUE CIC NORD OUESTINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser7GRAPHIC LINE · LA CHAPELLOISE · STYL COIFF · TIF'FANY · L'ATELIER D'ANAISINSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 5,300 2023: 8,754 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 8,390 (2012) → 8,754 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 7,825 (1990) → 8,754 (2023): 11.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,786, of which 0.6 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.5 km NW (La Chapelle-d'Armentières)Primary school — 0.5 km SE (La Chapelle-d'Armentières)Pharmacy — 0.6 km NW (La Chapelle-d'Armentières)Bakery — 0.7 km NW (La Chapelle-d'Armentières)
In the commune GP Food shop — 0.5 km NWPrimary school — 0.5 km SEPharmacy — 0.6 km NWBakery — 0.7 km NW 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 (La Chapelle-d'Armentières): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Chapelle-d'Armentières): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (La Chapelle-d'Armentières): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (La Chapelle-d'Armentières): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (La Chapelle-d'Armentières): 0.5 km to the south-east (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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LILLE-LESQUIN weather station, 18.2 km away at 47 m; the village itself is at 19 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 18.2 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ARMENTIERES, 2.3 km away at 14 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 — 59143/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59143/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59143/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59143/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59143
  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
Pérenchies595.4 km E8,45564.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chartres-de-Bretagne35444 km SW8,88055.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf76204 km SW8,44355.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-Vauzelles58407 km S9,14661.8ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Les Sorinières44508 km SW9,27554.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Les Angles30760 km S8,90867.9ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pérenchies595.4 km E8,45564.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf76204 km SW8,44355.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-Vauzelles58407 km S9,14661.8ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Chartres-de-Bretagne35444 km SW8,88055.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Les Sorinières44508 km SW9,27554.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Les Angles30760 km S8,90867.9ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %

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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 La Chapelle-d'Armentières'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
Pérenchies595.4 km E8,45564.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chartres-de-Bretagne35444 km SW8,88055.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Les Sorinières44508 km SW9,27554.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Linselles5915 km NE8,16156.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pavilly76185 km SW6,02959.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Douchy-les-Mines5954 km SE10,10941.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %