Forest-sur-Marque

Nord · Métropole Européenne de Lille · INSEE 59247

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

Partly served 45.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Forest-sur-Marque (INSEE 59247) is in Nord (59), part of Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population 1,662 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). ^[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/59247-forest-sur-marque

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 10,866 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.61	10	6.1
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE CORNILE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (DELBE TRAITEUR · DELBE TRAITEUR L'ATELIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LUZI PIZZA FOREST · BDL). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE G BRASSENS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURE BLANCKAERT-LAMBERT, MÉDECIN · MATTHIEU COUSIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PRINCIPALE). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE FOREST-SUR-MARQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE CORNILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	DELBE TRAITEUR · DELBE TRAITEUR L'ATELIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LUZI PIZZA FOREST · BDL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE G BRASSENS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	LAURE BLANCKAERT-LAMBERT, MÉDECIN · MATTHIEU COUSIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PRINCIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE FOREST-SUR-MARQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 978 2023: 1,662 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,459 (2012) → 1,662 (2023): 13.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,497 (1990) → 1,662 (2023): 11 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 691, of which 0.7 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Forest-sur-Marque): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Forest-sur-Marque): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Forest-sur-Marque): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Forest-sur-Marque): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Forest-sur-Marque): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.6

Days at or below 0 °C 35.7

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ROUBAIX weather station, 8.2 km away at 30 m; the village itself is at 24 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 9.6 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 848 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ROUBAIX, 8.2 km away at 30 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 — 59247/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59247/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59247/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59247/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59247
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
Épron	14	299 km SW	2,093	56	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Aubry-du-Hainaut	59	35 km SE	1,705	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lauwin-Planque	59	29 km S	1,608	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Croissy-Beaubourg	77	204 km S	2,018	52.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Poisat	38	638 km S	2,173	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Famars	59	43 km SE	2,474	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lauwin-Planque	59	29 km S	1,608	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Aubry-du-Hainaut	59	35 km SE	1,705	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Famars	59	43 km SE	2,474	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Croissy-Beaubourg	77	204 km S	2,018	52.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Épron	14	299 km SW	2,093	56	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Poisat	38	638 km S	2,173	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Forest-sur-Marque'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
Aubry-du-Hainaut	59	35 km SE	1,705	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Famars	59	43 km SE	2,474	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Champlan	91	224 km S	2,615	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Capinghem	59	16 km W	2,728	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Wavrechain-sous-Denain	59	37 km SE	1,599	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Navenne	70	400 km SE	1,579	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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