Flêtre

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59237

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

Partly served 49/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Flêtre (INSEE 59237) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 923 (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/59237-fletre

Vitality score

Vitality score 49/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 14,821 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.8	10	8.02
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DE FLETRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CAFE DE LA MAIRIE · LOLO'S TRUCK). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AU SAINT BARTHELEMY). ^[4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (OREL COIFFURE A DOMICILE · L'ATELIER DE MARIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	AU FOURNIL DE FLETRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	CAFE DE LA MAIRIE · LOLO'S TRUCK	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	AU SAINT BARTHELEMY	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	OREL COIFFURE A DOMICILE · L'ATELIER DE MARIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 660 peak 2012: 976 2023: 923 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 976 (2012) → 923 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 709 (1990) → 923 (2023): 30.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 378, of which 2.1 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.7 km EFood shop — 2.9 km WPharmacy — 3.6 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 (Flêtre): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Caëstre): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Méteren): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Méteren): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Flêtre): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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, 10 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 7.5 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, 10 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 — 59237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59237
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59401
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
Louches	62	46 km W	947	43.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Clairac	47	745 km S	899	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Sorlin-de-Vienne	38	612 km S	964	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Auxy	71	442 km S	915	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Trévérien	35	423 km SW	918	48.2	Partly served	no figures
Cuigy-en-Bray	60	159 km S	987	44.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Louches	62	46 km W	947	43.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Cuigy-en-Bray	60	159 km S	987	44.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Trévérien	35	423 km SW	918	48.2	Partly served	no figures
Auxy	71	442 km S	915	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sorlin-de-Vienne	38	612 km S	964	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Clairac	47	745 km S	899	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Flêtre'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
Bully	76	146 km SW	863	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Aigneville	80	108 km SW	904	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bourthes	62	53 km W	860	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-Trolimon	29	596 km SW	997	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens	35	416 km SW	824	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Omer-Capelle	62	43 km NW	1,073	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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