Herzeele

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59305

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

Partly served 53.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Herzeele (INSEE 59305) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 1,638 (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/59305-herzeele

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 10,965 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.54
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (SARL DE LA CHAPELLE · AU BOEUF GRAS · FRITERIE HERZEELOISE-FRITERIE BERGUOISE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DES ORGUES). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (STEPHEN CRETON, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE GOURDIN, MÉDECIN · ELÉNA BECUWE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (LIVRES-EVASION). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LOOK'A'MARINA). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	SARL DE LA CHAPELLE · AU BOEUF GRAS · FRITERIE HERZEELOISE-FRITERIE BERGUOISE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DES ORGUES	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	3	STEPHEN CRETON, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE GOURDIN, MÉDECIN · ELÉNA BECUWE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DELOBEAU BODDAERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LIVRES-EVASION	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LOOK'A'MARINA	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: 1,171 peak 2017: 1,640 2023: 1,638 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,567 (2012) → 1,638 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,210 (1990) → 1,638 (2023): 35.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 723, of which 1.5 % second homes and 5.5 % 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 (Herzeele): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Herzeele): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Herzeele): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Herzeele): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 6.8 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 6.8 km away at 42 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at STEENVOORDE, 6.8 km away at 42 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 — 59305/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59305/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59305/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59305/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59305
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
Pargny-sur-Saulx	51	288 km SE	1,654	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Landser	68	501 km SE	1,633	47.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Loup-Géanges	71	471 km SE	1,633	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Soumoulou	64	872 km S	1,583	61.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 %
Fontaine-la-Guyon	28	282 km S	1,684	52.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
La Capelle	02	141 km SE	1,745	57.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Capelle	02	141 km SE	1,745	57.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-la-Guyon	28	282 km S	1,684	52.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Pargny-sur-Saulx	51	288 km SE	1,654	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Loup-Géanges	71	471 km SE	1,633	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Landser	68	501 km SE	1,633	47.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Soumoulou	64	872 km S	1,583	61.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Herzeele'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
Rohan	56	494 km SW	1,526	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Rexpoëde	59	6.0 km N	1,976	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-Remy	80	103 km SW	1,438	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Blaringhem	59	23 km SW	2,008	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Steenbecque	59	24 km S	1,602	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chavenay	78	229 km S	1,723	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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