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Estrées

Nord · CA Douaisis Agglo · INSEE 59214

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

Few services 22.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Estrées (INSEE 59214) is in Nord (59), part of CA Douaisis Agglo. Population 1,134 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/59214-estrees

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 13,579 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0200
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.6106.04
Housing mix0.9954.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DELBART FERNANDE). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB THERESE GRAS). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ESTRÉES). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1DELBART FERNANDEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB THERESE GRASINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ESTRÉESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 786 2023: 1,134 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,012 (2012) → 1,134 (2023): 12.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,027 (1990) → 1,134 (2023): 10.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 484, of which 0.4 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.4 km NW (Gouy-sous-Bellonne)Pharmacy — 1.7 km NW (Gouy-sous-Bellonne)Bakery — 3.3 km SE (Arleux)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.4 km NWPharmacy — 1.7 km NWBakery — 3.3 km SE 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 (Arleux): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Estrées): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Gouy-sous-Bellonne): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Gouy-sous-Bellonne): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Estrées): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [11]

Measured at the DOUAI weather station, 9.8 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 56 m. [11]

An average of 725 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at DOUAI, 9.8 km away at 26 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59214/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59214/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59214/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59214/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59015
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59214
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62383
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Beuvillers14241 km SW1,28323.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 95 %
Baron-sur-Odon14286 km SW1,15423.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 76 %
Cambronne-lès-Clermont60118 km SW1,14618.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay14267 km SW1,11833.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Anthon38525 km S1,15434.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %
Isles-lès-Villenoy77156 km S1,12923Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cambronne-lès-Clermont60118 km SW1,14618.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Isles-lès-Villenoy77156 km S1,12923Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Beuvillers14241 km SW1,28323.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay14267 km SW1,11833.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Baron-sur-Odon14286 km SW1,15423.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 76 %
Anthon38525 km S1,15434.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %

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