Lecelles
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 39.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lecelles (INSEE 59335) is in Nord (59), part of CA de la Porte du Hainaut. Population 3,046 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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 39.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 23 % of the 7,034 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 | 0.22 | 25 | 5.53 |
| Social | 0.37 | 20 | 7.49 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.88 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L AMI D PAIN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON LEPERS). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FRAICHEUR LECELLOISE). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (LE SEL ET SES FRITES · LE PRESBYTERE · CHEZBAZ). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DOMINIQUE BODART-COEMELCK, MÉDECIN · FRANCK THELLIER, MÉDECIN · MARC FRANÇOIS, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VANDERPOTTE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LECELLES AP). [3]
1 × Library (SIVS - MEDIATHÈQUE DE LECELLES RESEAU DES MEDIATHEQUES DU SIVS). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS MICHEL CORDIER). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE LARA · FRANCESCA COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | L AMI D PAIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | MAISON LEPERS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | FRAICHEUR LECELLOISE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 3 | LE SEL ET SES FRITES · LE PRESBYTERE · CHEZBAZ | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | DOMINIQUE BODART-COEMELCK, MÉDECIN · FRANCK THELLIER, MÉDECIN · MARC FRANÇOIS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE VANDERPOTTE | 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 | LECELLES AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | SIVS - MEDIATHÈQUE DE LECELLES RESEAU DES MEDIATHEQUES DU SIVS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DES SPORTS MICHEL CORDIER | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 4 | LE SALON DE LARA · FRANCESCA COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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
Population 2,684 (2012) → 3,046 (2023): 13.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,563 (1990) → 3,046 (2023): 18.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,348, of which 2.9 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lecelles): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lecelles): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Lecelles): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lecelles): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lecelles): 0.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the CAPPELLE-EN-PEV weather station, 16 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 18 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at VALENCIENNES, 17 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. [9]
An average of 764 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LECELLES, 1.2 km away at 20 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 — 59335/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59335/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59335/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59335/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59335
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chavanod | 74 | 547 km S | 3,135 | 50.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Baldoph | 73 | 581 km S | 2,949 | 51.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chasselay | 69 | 522 km S | 2,973 | 69.3 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 % |
| Coubon | 43 | 611 km S | 3,140 | 42.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
| Abrest | 03 | 487 km S | 2,915 | 59.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Malo-de-Guersac | 44 | 536 km SW | 3,203 | 35.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrest | 03 | 487 km S | 2,915 | 59.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chasselay | 69 | 522 km S | 2,973 | 69.3 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Malo-de-Guersac | 44 | 536 km SW | 3,203 | 35.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chavanod | 74 | 547 km S | 3,135 | 50.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Baldoph | 73 | 581 km S | 2,949 | 51.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coubon | 43 | 611 km S | 3,140 | 42.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Lecelles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burbure | 62 | 67 km W | 2,834 | 60 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Allennes-les-Marais | 59 | 33 km W | 3,545 | 36.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chéreng | 59 | 21 km NW | 3,078 | 38 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neauphle-le-Château | 78 | 214 km SW | 3,250 | 45 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boussois | 59 | 50 km SE | 3,123 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bischoffsheim | 67 | 369 km SE | 3,342 | 44.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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