Ghyvelde
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ghyvelde (INSEE 59260) is in Nord (59), part of CU de Dunkerque. Population 4,133 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Les Moëres (59404). [3]
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/59260-ghyvelde
Vitality score
Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 24 % of the 5,475 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 | 0.22 | 25 | 5.53 |
| Social | 0.68 | 20 | 13.54 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.11 | 5 | 0.55 |
| Population trend | 0.63 | 10 | 6.27 |
| Housing mix | 0.69 | 5 | 3.47 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE DU VILLAGE). [4,5]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA COCHONNAILLE). [4,5]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [4,5]
7 × Restaurant (FRITERIE DU LAC · DEL VENERDI · L'ESTAMINET DES DUNES · AUBERGE DE LA HOOGHE MOOTE). [4,5]
3 × Café / bar. [5]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FELIX BOSCHAT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BRUNEEL). [4]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RÉGINALD BALCEREK, MÉDECIN · LOÏC DUMONT, MÉDECIN). [4]
2 × Pharmacy. [4,5]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). [4]
1 × Hairdresser (SARL JEAN MARC COIFFEUR). [4,5]
11 × Campsite (CAMPING MA CAMPAGNE · CAMPING RINGSLOOT · MOBIL HOMES EXPO · CAMPING DU MEUL-HOUCK · CAMPING LE CAP VERT). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Library. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LA BOULANGERIE DU VILLAGE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LA COCHONNAILLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Restaurant | 7 | FRITERIE DU LAC · DEL VENERDI · L'ESTAMINET DES DUNES · AUBERGE DE LA HOOGHE MOOTE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 3 | INSEE SIRENE 3 [5] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FELIX BOSCHAT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BRUNEEL | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | RÉGINALD BALCEREK, MÉDECIN · LOÏC DUMONT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE MULTISPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | SARL JEAN MARC COIFFEUR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 11 | CAMPING MA CAMPAGNE · CAMPING RINGSLOOT · MOBIL HOMES EXPO · CAMPING DU MEUL-HOUCK · CAMPING LE CAP VERT | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 4,130 (2012) → 4,133 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,666 (1990) → 4,133 (2023): 12.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,149, of which 15.3 % second homes and 4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Ghyvelde): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Ghyvelde): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Ghyvelde): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bray-Dunes): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Ghyvelde): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the DUNKERQUE weather station, 13.1 km away at 11 m; the village itself is at 3 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at DUNKERQUE, 13.1 km away at 11 m, over 29 summers. [11]
An average of 767 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at KILLEM, 12.5 km away at 7 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 — 59260/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59260/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59260/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59260/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59260
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59107
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic-la-Gardiole | 34 | 846 km S | 3,428 | 51.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 % |
| Mireval | 34 | 844 km S | 3,301 | 45.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 % |
| Ardres | 62 | 44 km SW | 4,389 | 62.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Forges-les-Bains | 91 | 271 km S | 4,241 | 46.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu | 44 | 531 km SW | 3,996 | 45.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pineuilh | 33 | 713 km S | 4,490 | 48.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 58 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardres | 62 | 44 km SW | 4,389 | 62.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Forges-les-Bains | 91 | 271 km S | 4,241 | 46.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu | 44 | 531 km SW | 3,996 | 45.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pineuilh | 33 | 713 km S | 4,490 | 48.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 58 % |
| Mireval | 34 | 844 km S | 3,301 | 45.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 % |
| Vic-la-Gardiole | 34 | 846 km S | 3,428 | 51.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Ghyvelde'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luc-sur-Mer | 14 | 282 km SW | 3,275 | 47 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Grand-Fort-Philippe | 59 | 30 km W | 4,887 | 46 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pleuven | 29 | 589 km SW | 3,311 | 47.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bergues | 59 | 11 km SW | 3,525 | 53 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marquise | 62 | 64 km SW | 5,217 | 61.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Douvres-la-Délivrande | 14 | 284 km SW | 5,143 | 57.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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