Flines-lez-Raches
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Flines-lez-Raches (INSEE 59239) is in Nord (59), part of CA Douaisis Agglo. Population 5,745 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59239-flines-lez-raches
Vitality score
Vitality score 50.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 40 % of the 4,097 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 | 0.28 | 25 | 6.97 |
| Social | 0.7 | 20 | 13.92 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.11 | 5 | 0.55 |
| Population trend | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.92 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX SIX MOULINS). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL SIMON). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (LOURINNE). [3,4]
8 × Restaurant (AU PETIT FRITEUR · L AUBERGE DU BOIS VERT · OZAN). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE GERARD PHILIPPE). [3]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RENE CASSIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT MICHEL). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN MOULIN). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MAXIME ROUSSELLE, MÉDECIN · ANNE-SOPHIE HERSOY, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS WALLART, MÉDECIN · PIERRE WALLART, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE EMMANUEL LECLERCQ · PHARMACIE VANHOUCKE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF MARCEL CERDAN). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST). [3]
8 × Hairdresser (ISABELLE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · OF'L DECOIFF · L'ATELIER DE CAROLINE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Library. [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | AUX SIX MOULINS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | SARL SIMON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | LOURINNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 8 | AU PETIT FRITEUR · L AUBERGE DU BOIS VERT · OZAN | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE GERARD PHILIPPE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RENE CASSIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT MICHEL | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE JEAN MOULIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | MAXIME ROUSSELLE, MÉDECIN · ANNE-SOPHIE HERSOY, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS WALLART, MÉDECIN · PIERRE WALLART, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE EMMANUEL LECLERCQ · PHARMACIE VANHOUCKE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF MARCEL CERDAN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 8 | ISABELLE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · OF'L DECOIFF · L'ATELIER DE CAROLINE | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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
Population 5,495 (2012) → 5,745 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 5,294 (1990) → 5,745 (2023): 8.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,574, of which 0.8 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Flines-lez-Raches): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Flines-lez-Raches): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Flines-lez-Raches): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Flines-lez-Raches): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Flines-lez-Raches): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [9]
Measured at the PECQUENCOURT weather station, 4.8 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 23 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 17 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at PECQUENCOURT, 4.8 km away at 19 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59239/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59239/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59239/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59239/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59239
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macau | 33 | 666 km SW | 4,576 | 43.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 % |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne | 87 | 526 km S | 5,775 | 46 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 % |
| Marolles-en-Hurepoix | 91 | 217 km S | 5,708 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dainville | 62 | 37 km SW | 5,683 | 48.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Santes | 59 | 24 km NW | 5,652 | 47.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Seloncourt | 25 | 425 km SE | 5,854 | 48.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santes | 59 | 24 km NW | 5,652 | 47.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dainville | 62 | 37 km SW | 5,683 | 48.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marolles-en-Hurepoix | 91 | 217 km S | 5,708 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Seloncourt | 25 | 425 km SE | 5,854 | 48.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne | 87 | 526 km S | 5,775 | 46 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 % |
| Macau | 33 | 666 km SW | 4,576 | 43.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · 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 Flines-lez-Raches'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dainville | 62 | 37 km SW | 5,683 | 48.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hombourg-Haut | 57 | 296 km SE | 5,976 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Flers-en-Escrebieux | 59 | 9.3 km W | 5,424 | 58.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hersin-Coupigny | 62 | 38 km W | 6,082 | 54.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Calonne-Ricouart | 62 | 50 km W | 5,369 | 46.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marles-les-Mines | 62 | 49 km W | 5,411 | 45.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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