Erchin

Nord · CA Douaisis Agglo · INSEE 59199

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

No daily shops 18.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Erchin (INSEE 59199) is in Nord (59), part of CA Douaisis Agglo. Population 670 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 18.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 16,628 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.33	10	3.27
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LAURENCE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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. ^[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 C. DEULIN	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 D'ERCHIN	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	1	LAURENCE COIFFURE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 644 peak 1990: 810 2023: 670 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 757 (2012) → 670 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 810 (1990) → 670 (2023): -17.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 303, of which 1 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km SEGP — 2.4 km NFood shop — 2.5 km NEPharmacy — 3.1 km W 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 (Villers-au-Tertre): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Masny): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lewarde): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cantin): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Erchin): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the PECQUENCOURT weather station, 8.7 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 43 m. ^[13]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at PECQUENCOURT, 8.7 km away at 19 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59199/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59199/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59199/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59199/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59620
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59390
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59345
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59126
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59199
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
Vuillecin	25	441 km SE	687	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 23 %
Danne-et-Quatre-Vents	57	344 km SE	670	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Catenay	76	160 km SW	702	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Fouju	77	195 km S	655	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 93 %
Mecquignies	59	45 km E	695	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Vieux-Mesnil	59	50 km E	641	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mecquignies	59	45 km E	695	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Vieux-Mesnil	59	50 km E	641	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Catenay	76	160 km SW	702	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Fouju	77	195 km S	655	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 93 %
Danne-et-Quatre-Vents	57	344 km SE	670	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Vuillecin	25	441 km SE	687	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 23 %

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