Esquerchin

Nord · CA Douaisis Agglo · INSEE 59211

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

Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Esquerchin (INSEE 59211) is in Nord (59), part of CA Douaisis Agglo. Population 893 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59211-esquerchin

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 14,984 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.71	10	7.08
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

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 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

3 × Restaurant (ISPK · SARL GUGELOT-PRAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SANDRINE LEVYFVE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	ISPK · SARL GUGELOT-PRAT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE YVES DUTEIL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SANDRINE LEVYFVE, 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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 800 peak 2012: 907 2023: 893 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 907 (2012) → 893 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 739 (1990) → 893 (2023): 20.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 383, of which 1.3 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.9 km SEBakery — 2.1 km EPharmacy — 2.4 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 (Cuincy): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cuincy): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Esquerchin): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cuincy): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Esquerchin): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 45.6

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 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DOUAI weather station, 4 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 30 m. ^[10]

An average of 725 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DOUAI, 4 km away at 26 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59211/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59211/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59211/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59211/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59211
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
Glaire	08	154 km SE	846	35.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 69 %
Frontenas	69	509 km S	915	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 55 %
Cheminot	57	275 km SE	833	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Louvignies-Quesnoy	59	48 km E	899	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Michel-de-Rieufret	33	690 km SW	868	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Castin	64	818 km S	862	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Louvignies-Quesnoy	59	48 km E	899	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Glaire	08	154 km SE	846	35.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 69 %
Cheminot	57	275 km SE	833	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Frontenas	69	509 km S	915	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 55 %
Saint-Michel-de-Rieufret	33	690 km SW	868	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Castin	64	818 km S	862	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 84 %

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