Erquinghem-le-Sec

Nord · Métropole Européenne de Lille · INSEE 59201

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

Few services 39.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Erquinghem-le-Sec (INSEE 59201) is in Nord (59), part of Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population 620 (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/59201-erquinghem-le-sec

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 16,902 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PAPY BLANK). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

3 × Hairdresser (MAUD COIFFURE · LMP COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	1	PAPY BLANK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE HENNIART	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	3	MAUD COIFFURE · LMP COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 234 2023: 620 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 539 (2012) → 620 (2023): 15 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 345 (1990) → 620 (2023): 79.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 245, of which 0.4 % second homes and 1.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.7 km WBakery — 2.0 km NWFood shop — 2.4 km NPharmacy — 2.6 km E 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 (Radinghem-en-Weppes): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ennetières-en-Weppes): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Radinghem-en-Weppes): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Erquinghem-le-Sec): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.5

Days at or below 0 °C 35.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LILLE-LESQUIN weather station, 12.8 km away at 47 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 12.8 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at WAVRIN, 6.4 km away at 24 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59201/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59201/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59201/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59201/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59487
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59196
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59278
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59201
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
Mérobert	91	253 km S	635	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Monbéqui	82	758 km S	665	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Flévy	57	282 km SE	602	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Poussay	88	344 km SE	653	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Metzing	57	334 km SE	702	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Courson-Monteloup	91	232 km S	563	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Courson-Monteloup	91	232 km S	563	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Mérobert	91	253 km S	635	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Flévy	57	282 km SE	602	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Metzing	57	334 km SE	702	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Poussay	88	344 km SE	653	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Monbéqui	82	758 km S	665	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Erquinghem-le-Sec'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
Brégy	60	170 km S	627	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Thun-l'Évêque	59	50 km SE	788	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Orsinval	59	62 km SE	564	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Méricourt-l'Abbé	80	78 km S	587	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Château-l'Abbaye	59	41 km E	917	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bellicourt	02	76 km S	560	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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