Croix

Nord · Métropole Européenne de Lille · INSEE 59163

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

Served 64/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Croix (INSEE 59163) is in Nord (59), part of Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population 20,566 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). ^[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/59163-croix

Vitality score

Vitality score 64/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 53 % of the 1,168 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	0.52	25	12.94
Social	0.88	20	17.56
Education	0.58	10	5.83
Health	0.75	10	7.45
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	0.52	10	5.17
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 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 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]

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA TRADITION · PICAVET ET COMPAGNIE · CECI N'EST PAS UNE BOULANGERIE · REPUBLIQUE · BOULANGERIE BRICE). ^[3,4]

4 × Butcher (boucherie) (HENRI BOUCHER · LA COMPAGNIE DES GOURMETS · SARL A LA CROIX BLANCHE · LOOSVELD). ^[3,4]

8 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AUX SAVEURS ITALIENNES · REMOIS · DAY BY DAY - MON EPICERIE EN VRAC). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (ALCEL · LIDL · ALDI MARCHE BOIS GRENIER · CARREFOUR CITY). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGERIE LOOSVELD). ^[4]

31 × Restaurant (C.H.M · AU 52 · SUBWAY · LEATHOS · JODILE). ^[3,4]

12 × Café / bar (LE CORONA · LE CERCLE · LE FLANDRE · LE SAINT PIERRE). ^[4]

3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN MACE · ECOLE MATERNELLE VOLTAIRE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LA FONTAINE). ^[3]

7 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN ZAY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN JAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LUCIE AUBRAC · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN-BAPTISTE LEBAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANDRE MALRAUX). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE BORIS VIAN · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE LE BLANC-MESNIL). ^[3]

19 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SOPHIE BASTIN, MÉDECIN · ANDRÉ COLPAERT, MÉDECIN · CORENTIN PIRCKHER, MÉDECIN · MARTIN LAMBLIN, MÉDECIN · BÉNÉDICTE CHARLES-SWYSEN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

7 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE COMBELLES DUMONT · PHARMACIE DELARUE · PHARMACIE DUMORTIER FONTAINE · PHARMACIE SAINT PIERRE · PHARMACIE DE LA CROIX BLANCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (CROIX EDHEC RP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE HENRI SEIGNEUR · SALLE ROMAIN ROLLAND). ^[3]

12 × Bank (CCF · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE CROIX · AGENCE CROIX SAINT MARTIN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE). ^[3]

16 × Hairdresser (EURL LUDOVIC LEDOUX · SUBTYL' COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Fishmonger, 9 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Pharmacy, 4 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Library. ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	6	LA TRADITION · PICAVET ET COMPAGNIE · CECI N'EST PAS UNE BOULANGERIE · REPUBLIQUE · BOULANGERIE BRICE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	4	HENRI BOUCHER · LA COMPAGNIE DES GOURMETS · SARL A LA CROIX BLANCHE · LOOSVELD	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	8	AUX SAVEURS ITALIENNES · REMOIS · DAY BY DAY - MON EPICERIE EN VRAC	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	ALCEL · LIDL · ALDI MARCHE BOIS GRENIER · CARREFOUR CITY	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	FROMAGERIE LOOSVELD	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Restaurant	31	C.H.M · AU 52 · SUBWAY · LEATHOS · JODILE	INSEE BPE 31 / INSEE SIRENE 61 [3,4]
Café / bar	12	LE CORONA · LE CERCLE · LE FLANDRE · LE SAINT PIERRE	INSEE SIRENE 12 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	3	ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN MACE · ECOLE MATERNELLE VOLTAIRE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	7	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN ZAY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN JAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LUCIE AUBRAC · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN-BAPTISTE LEBAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANDRE MALRAUX	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE BORIS VIAN · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE LE BLANC-MESNIL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	19	SOPHIE BASTIN, MÉDECIN · ANDRÉ COLPAERT, MÉDECIN · CORENTIN PIRCKHER, MÉDECIN · MARTIN LAMBLIN, MÉDECIN · BÉNÉDICTE CHARLES-SWYSEN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 19 [3]
Pharmacy	7	PHARMACIE COMBELLES DUMONT · PHARMACIE DELARUE · PHARMACIE DUMORTIER FONTAINE · PHARMACIE SAINT PIERRE · PHARMACIE DE LA CROIX BLANCHE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	CROIX EDHEC RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE HENRI SEIGNEUR · SALLE ROMAIN ROLLAND	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	12	CCF · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE CROIX · AGENCE CROIX SAINT MARTIN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE	INSEE BPE 12 [3]
Hairdresser	16	EURL LUDOVIC LEDOUX · SUBTYL' COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 25 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 8h30 à 12h45 Place de la Liberté (Saint-Pierre) and Place des Martyrs de la Résistance (Centre). ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 21,424 2023: 20,566 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 20,664 (2012) → 20,566 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 20,231 (1990) → 20,566 (2023): 1.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 10,864, of which 1.4 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

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 (Croix): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Croix): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Croix): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Croix): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Croix): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.6

Days at or below 0 °C 35.7

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROUBAIX weather station, 3.5 km away at 30 m; the village itself is at 46 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 13 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 848 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROUBAIX, 3.5 km away at 30 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59163/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-croix.fr/achats/marches/— “Trois marchés hebdomadaires se déroulent sur la Place de la Liberté : le mardi avec environ 5 commerçants alimentaires ; le vendredi avec une dizaine de commerçants ; le dimanche avec une vingtaine de commerçants. MARCHÉ DU CENTRE Deux marchés hebdomadaires se déroulent sur la Place des Martyrs de la Résistance : le mercredi avec une trentaine de commerçants ; le samedi avec + de 80 commerçants.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59163/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59163/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59163/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59163
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
Hem	59	3.5 km SE	18,582	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lambersart	59	10 km W	27,090	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Wattignies	59	13 km SW	15,525	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Celle-Saint-Cloud	78	217 km S	20,460	59.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Maurepas	78	230 km SW	20,629	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mitry-Mory	77	193 km S	20,456	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hem	59	3.5 km SE	18,582	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lambersart	59	10 km W	27,090	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Wattignies	59	13 km SW	15,525	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mitry-Mory	77	193 km S	20,456	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Celle-Saint-Cloud	78	217 km S	20,460	59.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Maurepas	78	230 km SW	20,629	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · 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 Croix'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
Hem	59	3.5 km SE	18,582	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lambersart	59	10 km W	27,090	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Wattignies	59	13 km SW	15,525	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Maurepas	78	230 km SW	20,629	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mitry-Mory	77	193 km S	20,456	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Chilly-Mazarin	91	228 km S	20,443	62.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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