Eecke

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59189

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

Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Eecke (INSEE 59189) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 1,213 (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/59189-eecke

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 13,120 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	1	5	5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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]

2 × Restaurant (BRASSERIE SAINT GEORGES · WELKOM HUIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'EECKE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ATYPIQUE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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	2	BRASSERIE SAINT GEORGES · WELKOM HUIS	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 PUBLIQUE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'EECKE	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	ATYPIQUE	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: 790 peak 2017: 1,219 2023: 1,213 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,179 (2012) → 1,213 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 804 (1990) → 1,213 (2023): 50.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 502, of which 0 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.2 km SGP — 2.3 km SPharmacy — 3.5 km N 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 (Caëstre): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Eecke): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Caëstre): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Steenvoorde): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Eecke): 0.1 km to the east (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, 6 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 66 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 3.6 km away at 25 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at STEENVOORDE, 6 km away at 42 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 — 59189/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59189/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59189/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59189/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59189
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59580
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-Jean-sur-Vilaine	35	412 km SW	1,375	34.5	Few services	no figures
Certines	01	553 km S	1,531	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Bourg-Saint-Christophe	01	576 km S	1,562	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Silly-le-Long	60	187 km S	1,217	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Wolfgantzen	68	469 km SE	1,190	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Rignieux-le-Franc	01	571 km S	1,180	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Silly-le-Long	60	187 km S	1,217	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine	35	412 km SW	1,375	34.5	Few services	no figures
Wolfgantzen	68	469 km SE	1,190	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Certines	01	553 km S	1,531	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Rignieux-le-Franc	01	571 km S	1,180	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-Saint-Christophe	01	576 km S	1,562	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · 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 Eecke'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
Fromelles	59	27 km SE	1,161	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Killem	59	20 km N	1,164	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Robecq	62	21 km S	1,328	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ségal	29	558 km SW	1,182	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Guinoux	35	405 km SW	1,285	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Clayes	35	432 km SW	947	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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