Fromelles

Nord · Métropole Européenne de Lille · INSEE 59257

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

Few services 25.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fromelles (INSEE 59257) is in Nord (59), part of Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population 1,161 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/59257-fromelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 13,414 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.81	10	8.09
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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]

1 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DIT VIN). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE FROMELLES). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	LE BISTROT DIT VIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE FROMELLES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 603 2023: 1,161 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 866 (2012) → 1,161 (2023): 34.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 887 (1990) → 1,161 (2023): 30.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 463, of which 1.9 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.1 km SWGP — 2.1 km SWFood shop — 2.2 km EPharmacy — 3.0 km S 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 (Aubers): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Maisnil): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aubers): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Herlies): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fromelles): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.5

Days at or below 0 °C 35.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LILLE-LESQUIN weather station, 17.7 km away at 47 m; the village itself is at 29 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 17.7 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at WAVRIN, 8.4 km away at 24 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

68 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 340,325 € — 2,671 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Nord is 1,802 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59257/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59257/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59257/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59257/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59371
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59303
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59257
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Riedseltz	67	408 km SE	1,143	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Cappelle-Brouck	59	55 km NW	1,169	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Wolfgantzen	68	442 km SE	1,190	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Silly-le-Long	60	167 km S	1,217	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Férolles	45	313 km S	1,127	22.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 69 %
Villefargeau	89	318 km S	1,098	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cappelle-Brouck	59	55 km NW	1,169	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Silly-le-Long	60	167 km S	1,217	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Férolles	45	313 km S	1,127	22.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 69 %
Villefargeau	89	318 km S	1,098	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Riedseltz	67	408 km SE	1,143	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Wolfgantzen	68	442 km SE	1,190	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · 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 Fromelles'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
Cappelle-Brouck	59	55 km NW	1,169	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Silly-le-Long	60	167 km S	1,217	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Thun-Saint-Amand	59	45 km E	1,106	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-Bellenger	27	195 km SW	1,056	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Anthenaise	53	376 km SW	970	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Bazoge-Montpinçon	53	358 km SW	953	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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