Craywick

Nord · CU de Dunkerque · INSEE 59159

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 35.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Craywick (INSEE 59159) is in Nord (59), part of CU de Dunkerque. Population 791 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 15,706 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PAUSE FRITE · ESTAMINET SAINT GILLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN-MARC BROQUET). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (1001 COULEURS DE JESS COIFF · LES COIFFURES DE MELANIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	LA PAUSE FRITE · ESTAMINET SAINT GILLES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN-MARC BROQUET	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE CRAYWICK	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	1001 COULEURS DE JESS COIFF · LES COIFFURES DE MELANIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 338 2023: 791 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 693 (2012) → 791 (2023): 14.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 382 (1990) → 791 (2023): 107.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 270, of which 0.7 % second homes and 2.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km NWGP — 2.8 km NWBakery — 2.9 km NPharmacy — 2.9 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 (Loon-Plage): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Loon-Plage): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Loon-Plage): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Loon-Plage): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Craywick): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the DUNKERQUE weather station, 11.9 km away at 11 m; the village itself is at 2 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DUNKERQUE, 11.9 km away at 11 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 778 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GRAVELINES, 7.3 km away at 3 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 — 59159/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59159/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59159/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59159/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59359
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59159
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
Saint-André-sur-Cailly	76	174 km SW	789	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Wargnies-le-Petit	59	126 km SE	771	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Bettviller	57	417 km SE	815	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Lynde	59	31 km SE	783	34.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Bosgouet	27	205 km SW	793	33.7	Few services	no figures
Semoutiers-Montsaon	52	382 km SE	757	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lynde	59	31 km SE	783	34.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Wargnies-le-Petit	59	126 km SE	771	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-sur-Cailly	76	174 km SW	789	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Bosgouet	27	205 km SW	793	33.7	Few services	no figures
Semoutiers-Montsaon	52	382 km SE	757	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Bettviller	57	417 km SE	815	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Craywick'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
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	207 km SW	749	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Carly	62	52 km SW	638	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bellinghem	62	34 km S	1,062	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-des-Entrées	14	281 km SW	784	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Trégomeur	22	454 km SW	945	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Conteville-lès-Boulogne	62	43 km SW	572	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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