Hardifort

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59282

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

Few services 34.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hardifort (INSEE 59282) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 385 (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/59282-hardifort

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 18,038 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.57	10	5.69
Housing mix	1	5	5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SARL FESTIVE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BISTROT DE KLOCKHUIS). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	SARL FESTIVE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BISTROT DE KLOCKHUIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 345 peak 2007: 386 2023: 385 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 377 (2012) → 385 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 360 (1990) → 385 (2023): 6.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 169, of which 0 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.2 km SPharmacy — 2.4 km SBakery — 2.5 km SFood shop — 4.6 km SW 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 (Cassel): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bavinchove): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cassel): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cassel): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Hardifort): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

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 0.8

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 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, 5.9 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 5.9 km away at 42 m, over 18 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, 5.9 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 — 59282/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59282/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59282/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59282/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59135
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59282
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
Saint-Georges-d'Elle	50	309 km SW	380	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villenave-de-Rions	33	713 km S	374	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Espirat	63	567 km S	416	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Villefrancœur	41	360 km S	416	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Ochtezeele	59	5.9 km W	351	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Herrère	64	881 km S	397	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ochtezeele	59	5.9 km W	351	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-d'Elle	50	309 km SW	380	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villefrancœur	41	360 km S	416	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Espirat	63	567 km S	416	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Villenave-de-Rions	33	713 km S	374	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Herrère	64	881 km S	397	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Hardifort'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
Saint-Georges-d'Elle	50	309 km SW	380	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ochtezeele	59	5.9 km W	351	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Belmesnil	76	155 km SW	440	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bellebrune	62	51 km W	427	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Pradelles	59	13 km SE	399	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Mieux	14	291 km SW	396	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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