Hem

Nord · Métropole Européenne de Lille · INSEE 59299

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

Partly served 54.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hem (INSEE 59299) is in Nord (59), part of Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population 18,582 (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/59299-hem

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 22 % of the 1,294 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	0.52	25	12.95
Social	0.53	20	10.68
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.72	10	7.22
Public & culture	0.06	5	0.29
Population trend	0.42	10	4.2
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

10 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · CITY · SARL AU PAIN D'HEM · JONCKIERE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE MATHIEU). ^[3,4]

6 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LESAGE ET FILS · AGROVIA HEM · GRAND FRAIS · LADENT MATTHIAS · BOUCHERIE CHERABA). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERMARCHE M.G · SUPERETTE DES TROIS VILLES · LES LEGUMES DE MATHIEU). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

15 × Restaurant (BRASSERIE DE LA MAIRIE · BASILIK · LES CONFLUENTS · O CLEMENCEAU · LES CANCANS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

6 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE VICTOR HUGO · MATERNELLE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · ECOLE MATERNELLE GPE MARIE CURIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE MATERNELLE GPE ST EXUPERY). ^[3]

8 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARIE CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LATTRE-TASSIGNY). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE RAYMOND DEVOS · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT PAUL). ^[3]

31 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AUBÉRI COPIN, MÉDECIN · MARIE-LAURE LANNOY, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS DELFORGE, MÉDECIN · MAXENCE FOREST, MÉDECIN · BENJAMIN LEJEUNE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

5 × Pharmacy (GRANDE PHARMACIE DU ROND POINT-BEAURAIN · PHARMACIE DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE · PHARMACIE SCHWEITZER · PHARMACIE BLANCKAERT DUPONT · PHARMACIE REMY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

5 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE DUBUS · STADE BEAUMONT · SALLE LEPLAT · COMPLEXE HIDALGO DELCOURT · COLLEGE DEPARTEMENTAL DE HEM). ^[3]

5 × Bank (AGENCE HEM · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU NORD · SOCIETE GENERALE). ^[3]

15 × Hairdresser (ORIGIN HAIR COIFFURE · UN TEMPS POUR SOI). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (KYRIAD). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 5 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Library. ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	10	BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · CITY · SARL AU PAIN D'HEM · JONCKIERE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE MATHIEU	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	6	BOUCHERIE LESAGE ET FILS · AGROVIA HEM · GRAND FRAIS · LADENT MATTHIAS · BOUCHERIE CHERABA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	SUPERMARCHE M.G · SUPERETTE DES TROIS VILLES · LES LEGUMES DE MATHIEU	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	15	BRASSERIE DE LA MAIRIE · BASILIK · LES CONFLUENTS · O CLEMENCEAU · LES CANCANS	INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 32 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	6	ECOLE MATERNELLE VICTOR HUGO · MATERNELLE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · ECOLE MATERNELLE GPE MARIE CURIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE MATERNELLE GPE ST EXUPERY	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	8	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARIE CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LATTRE-TASSIGNY	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE RAYMOND DEVOS · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT PAUL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	31	AUBÉRI COPIN, MÉDECIN · MARIE-LAURE LANNOY, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS DELFORGE, MÉDECIN · MAXENCE FOREST, MÉDECIN · BENJAMIN LEJEUNE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 31 [3]
Pharmacy	5	GRANDE PHARMACIE DU ROND POINT-BEAURAIN · PHARMACIE DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE · PHARMACIE SCHWEITZER · PHARMACIE BLANCKAERT DUPONT · PHARMACIE REMY	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [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	5	COMPLEXE DUBUS · STADE BEAUMONT · SALLE LEPLAT · COMPLEXE HIDALGO DELCOURT · COLLEGE DEPARTEMENTAL DE HEM	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	5	AGENCE HEM · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU NORD · SOCIETE GENERALE	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	15	ORIGIN HAIR COIFFURE · UN TEMPS POUR SOI	INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	KYRIAD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 16,742 peak 1975: 23,183 2023: 18,582 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 18,374 (2012) → 18,582 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 20,200 (1990) → 18,582 (2023): -8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 7,532, of which 0.3 % second homes and 4.1 % 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 (Hem): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hem): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Hem): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Hem): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Hem): 0.2 km to the north-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, 5.9 km away at 30 m; the village itself is at 34 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 11.2 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, 5.9 km away at 30 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59299/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59299/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59299/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59299/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59299
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
Croix	59	3.5 km NW	20,566	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Wattignies	59	12 km SW	15,525	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Woippy	57	270 km SE	14,967	63.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Bois-Guillaume	76	198 km SW	14,539	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Faches-Thumesnil	59	9.9 km SW	18,619	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ostwald	67	401 km SE	13,946	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Croix	59	3.5 km NW	20,566	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Faches-Thumesnil	59	9.9 km SW	18,619	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Wattignies	59	12 km SW	15,525	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bois-Guillaume	76	198 km SW	14,539	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Woippy	57	270 km SE	14,967	63.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Ostwald	67	401 km SE	13,946	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Hem'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
Croix	59	3.5 km NW	20,566	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Wattignies	59	12 km SW	15,525	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bois-Guillaume	76	198 km SW	14,539	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Faches-Thumesnil	59	9.9 km SW	18,619	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Limay	78	212 km SW	17,885	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Avion	62	37 km SW	17,435	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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