Lourches
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 39.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lourches (INSEE 59361) is in Nord (59), part of CA de la Porte du Hainaut. Population 3,734 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59361-lourches
Vitality score
Vitality score 39.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 16 % of the 5,963 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 | 25 | 6.24 |
| Social | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.52 | 10 | 5.25 |
| Housing mix | 0.99 | 5 | 4.95 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE LOURCHES). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MLB MARKET · AM SHOP). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LIDL · BA DISTRI · ZANOU). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (LA CHTIT'E FRITE ET ROTISSERIE · LE DOMAINE DU SALIX · CROUSTY CHAUD · PIZZAS ASSYOUNE). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE LUTECIA). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES COQUELICOTS). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE SIMONE VEIL). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE VOLTAIRE). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCAL BERTOUT, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME DECLERCQ, MÉDECIN · LAURENT GRUEZ, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DECLERCQ BONNARD). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE PETIT PRINCE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE JEAN JAURES · SALLE POLYVALENTE ROGER SALENGRO). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL DE LOURCHES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | MLB MARKET · AM SHOP | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | LIDL · BA DISTRI · ZANOU | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | LA CHTIT'E FRITE ET ROTISSERIE · LE DOMAINE DU SALIX · CROUSTY CHAUD · PIZZAS ASSYOUNE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE LUTECIA | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE LES COQUELICOTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE SIMONE VEIL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE VOLTAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | PASCAL BERTOUT, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME DECLERCQ, MÉDECIN · LAURENT GRUEZ, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DECLERCQ BONNARD | 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 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE PETIT PRINCE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE JEAN JAURES · SALLE POLYVALENTE ROGER SALENGRO | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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
Population 3,881 (2012) → 3,734 (2023): -3.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,644 (1990) → 3,734 (2023): 2.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,638, of which 0.5 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lourches): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lourches): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Lourches): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lourches): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lourches): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the VALENCIENNES weather station, 7.8 km away at 50 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 VALENCIENNES, 7.8 km away at 50 m, over 29 summers. [9]
An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BOUCHAIN, 6.4 km away at 35 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
190 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 83,750 € — 942 € per m² of built surface. [10]
8 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 102,400 € — 1,057 € per m². [10]
The median across Nord is 1,802 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59361/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59361/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59361/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59361/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59361
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rœulx | 59 | 1.6 km SW | 3,743 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Meurchin | 62 | 38 km NW | 3,691 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 % |
| Blanzat | 63 | 499 km S | 3,709 | 37.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Germain-sur-Morin | 77 | 163 km S | 3,902 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var | 06 | 778 km SE | 3,431 | 49.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 % |
| Hulluch | 62 | 42 km NW | 3,371 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rœulx | 59 | 1.6 km SW | 3,743 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Meurchin | 62 | 38 km NW | 3,691 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 % |
| Hulluch | 62 | 42 km NW | 3,371 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 % |
| Saint-Germain-sur-Morin | 77 | 163 km S | 3,902 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
| Blanzat | 63 | 499 km S | 3,709 | 37.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var | 06 | 778 km SE | 3,431 | 49.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Lourches'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rœulx | 59 | 1.6 km SW | 3,743 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saclay | 91 | 196 km SW | 4,437 | 54.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Mard | 77 | 150 km S | 3,832 | 56.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bailly | 78 | 188 km SW | 3,731 | 44.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champhol | 28 | 245 km SW | 3,643 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brebières | 62 | 24 km W | 5,283 | 45.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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