Le Doulieu

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59180

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

Partly served 46.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Doulieu (INSEE 59180) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 1,436 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/59180-le-doulieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 11,968 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.76	10	7.62
Housing mix	1	5	4.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (ALAIN LEVOYE VOTRE ROTISSEUR · LA FRITE EN SAVEUR · MALII THAI). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARGUERITE YOURCENAR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LOUISE JONGLEZ). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANTOINE LAINE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LE DOULIEU). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIF'FEE L INSTANT PAR'FEE · L'ATELIER DE CAMILLE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	ALAIN LEVOYE VOTRE ROTISSEUR · LA FRITE EN SAVEUR · MALII THAI	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARGUERITE YOURCENAR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LOUISE JONGLEZ	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ANTOINE LAINE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE LE DOULIEU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	COIF'FEE L INSTANT PAR'FEE · L'ATELIER DE CAMILLE	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: 727 peak 2017: 1,478 2023: 1,436 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,407 (2012) → 1,436 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,138 (1990) → 1,436 (2023): 26.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 574, of which 0.2 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 4.1 km SWPharmacy — 4.2 km S 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 (Neuf-Berquin): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Doulieu): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Doulieu): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Estaires): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Doulieu): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.7

Days at or below 0 °C 27.4

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 19.5 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 18 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 16.9 km away at 25 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MERVILLE, 7.2 km away at 16 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 — 59180/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59180/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59180/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59180/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59423
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59212
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
Les Alluets-le-Roi	78	205 km S	1,390	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt	35	414 km SW	1,580	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Pissy-Pôville	76	178 km SW	1,276	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Urbain	29	562 km SW	1,670	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Killem	59	33 km N	1,164	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Puceul	44	472 km SW	1,142	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Killem	59	33 km N	1,164	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pissy-Pôville	76	178 km SW	1,276	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Les Alluets-le-Roi	78	205 km S	1,390	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt	35	414 km SW	1,580	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Puceul	44	472 km SW	1,142	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Urbain	29	562 km SW	1,670	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · 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 Le Doulieu'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-Urbain	29	562 km SW	1,670	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Killem	59	33 km N	1,164	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ségal	29	560 km SW	1,182	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Brandérion	56	536 km SW	1,494	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Cairon	14	278 km SW	2,066	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jans-Cappel	59	9.0 km N	1,598	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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