Illies

Nord · Métropole Européenne de Lille · INSEE 59320

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

Few services 39/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Illies (INSEE 59320) is in Nord (59), part of Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population 1,712 (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/59320-illies

Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 10,658 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.93	10	9.34
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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]

2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE BOIS GRENIER · O'TERA ILLIES). ^[4,3]

3 × Restaurant (L'EPICURIEUX · MCDONALD'S · BLONDIFOOD). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MONNET). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ILLIES AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ILLIES). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (AURELIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	2	ALDI MARCHE BOIS GRENIER · O'TERA ILLIES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	3	L'EPICURIEUX · MCDONALD'S · BLONDIFOOD	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MONNET	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	ILLIES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ILLIES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	AURELIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,236 2023: 1,712 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,409 (2012) → 1,712 (2023): 21.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,194 (1990) → 1,712 (2023): 43.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 716, of which 1.4 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.7 km SEGP — 2.2 km NEPharmacy — 2.5 km NE 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 (Marquillies): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Illies): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Herlies): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Herlies): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Illies): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.5

Days at or below 0 °C 35.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LILLE-LESQUIN weather station, 18.8 km away at 47 m; the village itself is at 30 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 18.8 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at WAVRIN, 8 km away at 24 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 — 59320/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59320/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59320/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59320/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59388
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59320
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59303
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
Marchaux-Chaudefontaine	25	433 km SE	1,447	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 24 % · humidity 100 %
Vasselay	18	380 km S	1,579	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Ambillou	37	387 km SW	1,746	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Charpey	26	647 km S	1,547	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Liverdy-en-Brie	77	207 km S	1,410	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Rebréchien	45	292 km S	1,441	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Liverdy-en-Brie	77	207 km S	1,410	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Rebréchien	45	292 km S	1,441	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Vasselay	18	380 km S	1,579	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Ambillou	37	387 km SW	1,746	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Marchaux-Chaudefontaine	25	433 km SE	1,447	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 24 % · humidity 100 %
Charpey	26	647 km S	1,547	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · 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 Illies'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
Saulzoir	59	56 km SE	1,672	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Valframbert	61	305 km SW	1,678	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne	53	375 km SW	1,732	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Baguer-Pican	35	396 km SW	1,756	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Berteaucourt-les-Dames	80	75 km SW	1,092	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Nuaillé	49	468 km SW	1,459	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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