Holque

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59307

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

Few services 20.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Holque (INSEE 59307) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 837 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 15,374 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.45	10	4.48
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE D'HOLQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE D HOLQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LEBRIEZ DORIANE · REFLET D'ARTISTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE D'HOLQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE D HOLQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LEBRIEZ DORIANE · REFLET D'ARTISTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 558 peak 2007: 966 2023: 837 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 915 (2012) → 837 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 883 (1990) → 837 (2023): -5.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 0.8 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 2.4 km SBakery — 2.5 km SFood shop — 2.5 km SGP — 2.5 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 (Watten): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Watten): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Watten): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

Primary school (Holque): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.3

Days at or below 0 °C 39.8

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the WATTEN weather station, 2.4 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 3 m. ^[10]

An average of 838 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at WATTEN, 2.4 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59307/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59307/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59307/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59307/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59647
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59307
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
Sougy	45	313 km S	853	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Cierrey	27	217 km S	805	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Épretot	76	199 km SW	782	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Pommereuil	59	129 km SE	765	21.2	Few services	no figures
Sauzet	30	781 km S	853	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %
Mesnil-Panneville	76	169 km SW	766	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pommereuil	59	129 km SE	765	21.2	Few services	no figures
Mesnil-Panneville	76	169 km SW	766	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Épretot	76	199 km SW	782	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Cierrey	27	217 km S	805	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Sougy	45	313 km S	853	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Sauzet	30	781 km S	853	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %

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