Crochte

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59162

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

Few services 22.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Crochte (INSEE 59162) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 659 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59162-crochte

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 16,687 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.85	10	8.48
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL AYME). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DU LOOWEG). ^[3]

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

1 × Campsite (LE VERT VILLAGE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL AYME	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DU LOOWEG	INSEE BPE 1 [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 DE CROCHTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LE VERT VILLAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 398 peak 2012: 695 2023: 659 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 695 (2012) → 659 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 489 (1990) → 659 (2023): 34.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 297, of which 7.7 % second homes and 2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km EFood shop — 4.2 km NEGP — 4.2 km NEPharmacy — 4.2 km NE 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 (Socx): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Quaëdypre): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Socx): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Quaëdypre): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Crochte): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the DUNKERQUE weather station, 13.9 km away at 11 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DUNKERQUE, 13.9 km away at 11 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 702 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DUNKERQUE, 13.9 km away at 11 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59162/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59162/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59162/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59162/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59570
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59478
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59162
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-et-Appelles	33	699 km S	671	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 58 %
Bougneau	17	631 km S	655	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
Divajeu	26	720 km S	688	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse	89	301 km S	667	24	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Marolles	60	203 km S	641	18.7	No daily shops	no figures
Saint-Ondras	38	646 km S	668	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marolles	60	203 km S	641	18.7	No daily shops	no figures
La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse	89	301 km S	667	24	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Bougneau	17	631 km S	655	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Ondras	38	646 km S	668	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-et-Appelles	33	699 km S	671	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 58 %
Divajeu	26	720 km S	688	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · 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 Crochte'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
Teurthéville-Bocage	50	308 km SW	594	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vacognes-Neuilly	14	293 km SW	681	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Heuqueville	76	216 km SW	717	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil-au-Val	50	315 km SW	729	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bricqueville-la-Blouette	50	348 km SW	530	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Guiler-sur-Goyen	29	585 km SW	520	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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