Douai
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 79.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Douai (INSEE 59178) is in Nord (59), part of CA Douaisis Agglo. Population 40,250 (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/59178-douai
Vitality score
Vitality score 79.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 72 % of the 563 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 | 0.81 | 25 | 20.2 |
| Social | 1 | 20 | 19.99 |
| Education | 0.85 | 10 | 8.47 |
| Health | 0.83 | 10 | 8.26 |
| Public & culture | 0.26 | 5 | 1.28 |
| Population trend | 0.45 | 10 | 4.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.85 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
21 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER D'OLIVIER · BAKER STREET COFFEE · ULIANOVA GATEAUX · LA MIE CALINE · KULINAIRE). [3,4]
8 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE PARISIENNE · EL MEDIOUNI · MAISON TUAL · FREE SHOP · ASADOS). [3,4]
16 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI3 · SALEM · ELIJA EXOTIQUE · LE PRE D'ANCHIN · SPAR). [3,4]
7 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CITY · DOUAI DISTRIBUTION · LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · SUPERMARCHES MATCH). [3,4]
135 × Restaurant (LA TOURTIERE · DESTINATION CAFE DOUAI · LYFA · OZ FOOD · S.M.H). [3,4]
55 × Café / bar (TAVERNE LES GRES · LE BALTO · LE SULKY · LE SYMPA · LE CALYPSO). [4]
12 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LECLERC DE HAUTECLOQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE J MOUSSERON · ECOLE MATERNELLE LA MOUCHONNIERE · ECOLE MATERNELLE MARIE CURIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE). [3]
15 × Primary school (élémentaire) (EC.REGIONALE DU PREMIER DEGRE BATELIERS ET FORAINS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'APPLICATION JEAN JAURES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FERDINAND BUISSON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BUFQUIN - FONTELLAYE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DENIS PAPIN). [3]
7 × Collège (COLLEGE JULES FERRY · COLLEGE ANDRE STREINGER · COLLEGE ANDRE CANIVEZ · COLLEGE ALBERT CHATELET · COLLEGE GAYANT). [3]
30 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARC DOUCET, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC WECHMAN, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE LUCET, MÉDECIN · ANGÈLE DRUBAY, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE DURIEZ, MÉDECIN). [3]
9 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MAXIME HOULLIER · PHARMACIE DU PONT D ESQUERCHIN · PHARMACIE CARNOT · PHARMACIE BRUNO BERLEMONT · SELARL PHARMACIE LINGLART). [3,4]
4 × Post office / agence postale (DOUAI DORIGNIES BURALISTE RP · DOUAI FRAIS MARAIS LPAC AP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE DOUAI MARCELINE DESBORDES-VALMORE). [3]
2 × Cinema (MAJESTIC · HIPPODROME). [3]
17 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE DE LA PORTE D ARRAS · SALLE DE SPORTS DE LA TOUR DES DAMES · SALLE DES SPORTS COROT · SALLE DE SPORT ETIENNE MAILLARD · COMPLEXE SPORTIF GAYANT). [3]
13 × Bank (CREDIT LYONNAIS · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DOUAI · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE DE DOUAI FAUBOURG DE BETHUNE). [3]
50 × Hairdresser (INTEMPOREL · LE SALON DE JULIE · TCHIP COIFFURE). [3,4]
4 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
4 × Hotel (LA TERRASSE · IBIS STYLES DOUAI GARE GAYANT EXPO · IBIS DOUAI CENTRE · HÔTEL THE ORIGINALS - LE GAYANT). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 19 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 2 × Primary school (élémentaire), 2 × Pharmacy, 2 × Bank, 14 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 21 | L'ATELIER D'OLIVIER · BAKER STREET COFFEE · ULIANOVA GATEAUX · LA MIE CALINE · KULINAIRE | INSEE BPE 21 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 8 | BOUCHERIE PARISIENNE · EL MEDIOUNI · MAISON TUAL · FREE SHOP · ASADOS | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 16 | PROXI3 · SALEM · ELIJA EXOTIQUE · LE PRE D'ANCHIN · SPAR | INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 25 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 7 | CARREFOUR CITY · DOUAI DISTRIBUTION · LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · SUPERMARCHES MATCH | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Restaurant | 135 | LA TOURTIERE · DESTINATION CAFE DOUAI · LYFA · OZ FOOD · S.M.H | INSEE BPE 135 / INSEE SIRENE 206 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 55 | TAVERNE LES GRES · LE BALTO · LE SULKY · LE SYMPA · LE CALYPSO | INSEE SIRENE 55 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 12 | ECOLE MATERNELLE LECLERC DE HAUTECLOQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE J MOUSSERON · ECOLE MATERNELLE LA MOUCHONNIERE · ECOLE MATERNELLE MARIE CURIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE | INSEE BPE 12 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 15 | EC.REGIONALE DU PREMIER DEGRE BATELIERS ET FORAINS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'APPLICATION JEAN JAURES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FERDINAND BUISSON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BUFQUIN - FONTELLAYE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DENIS PAPIN | INSEE BPE 15 [3] |
| Collège | 7 | COLLEGE JULES FERRY · COLLEGE ANDRE STREINGER · COLLEGE ANDRE CANIVEZ · COLLEGE ALBERT CHATELET · COLLEGE GAYANT | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 30 | MARC DOUCET, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC WECHMAN, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE LUCET, MÉDECIN · ANGÈLE DRUBAY, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE DURIEZ, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 30 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 9 | PHARMACIE MAXIME HOULLIER · PHARMACIE DU PONT D ESQUERCHIN · PHARMACIE CARNOT · PHARMACIE BRUNO BERLEMONT · SELARL PHARMACIE LINGLART | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 4 | DOUAI DORIGNIES BURALISTE RP · DOUAI FRAIS MARAIS LPAC AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE DOUAI MARCELINE DESBORDES-VALMORE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 2 | MAJESTIC · HIPPODROME | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 17 | COMPLEXE DE LA PORTE D ARRAS · SALLE DE SPORTS DE LA TOUR DES DAMES · SALLE DES SPORTS COROT · SALLE DE SPORT ETIENNE MAILLARD · COMPLEXE SPORTIF GAYANT | INSEE BPE 17 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 13 | CREDIT LYONNAIS · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DOUAI · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE DE DOUAI FAUBOURG DE BETHUNE | INSEE BPE 13 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 50 | INTEMPOREL · LE SALON DE JULIE · TCHIP COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 50 / INSEE SIRENE 72 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 4 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 4 | LA TERRASSE · IBIS STYLES DOUAI GARE GAYANT EXPO · IBIS DOUAI CENTRE · HÔTEL THE ORIGINALS - LE GAYANT | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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
Population 41,732 (2012) → 40,250 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 42,175 (1990) → 40,250 (2023): -4.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 22,395, of which 1.5 % second homes and 14 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Douai): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Douai): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Douai): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Douai): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Douai): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the DOUAI weather station, 2.6 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 29 m. [9]
An average of 725 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at DOUAI, 2.6 km away at 26 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59178/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59178/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59178/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59178/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59178
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcq-en-Barœul | 59 | 34 km N | 40,184 | 73.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 % |
| Colomiers | 31 | 763 km S | 40,882 | 71.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 72 % |
| Poissy | 78 | 177 km SW | 40,983 | 78.2 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 91 % |
| Neuilly-sur-Marne | 93 | 173 km S | 39,800 | 74.9 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 % |
| Le Lamentin | 972 | 6,933 km W | 39,400 | 80.6 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 38 % |
| Villepinte | 93 | 161 km S | 41,470 | 72.6 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 76 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcq-en-Barœul | 59 | 34 km N | 40,184 | 73.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 % |
| Villepinte | 93 | 161 km S | 41,470 | 72.6 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 76 % |
| Neuilly-sur-Marne | 93 | 173 km S | 39,800 | 74.9 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 % |
| Poissy | 78 | 177 km SW | 40,983 | 78.2 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 91 % |
| Colomiers | 31 | 763 km S | 40,882 | 71.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 72 % |
| Le Lamentin | 972 | 6,933 km W | 39,400 | 80.6 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 38 % |
Elsewhere
Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59178-douai