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Lynde

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59366

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

Few services 34.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lynde (INSEE 59366) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 783 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59366-lynde

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 15,744 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.94109.39
Housing mix0.9654.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CAMPING DE LA BECQUERELLE · LE TANDEM). [3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA BECQUERELLE). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2CAMPING DE LA BECQUERELLE · LE TANDEMINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING DE LA BECQUERELLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 442 2023: 783 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 713 (2012) → 783 (2023): 9.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 544 (1990) → 783 (2023): 43.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 314, of which 1.9 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.7 km N (Ebblinghem)Food shop — 2.6 km SW (Blaringhem)Pharmacy — 2.7 km SW (Blaringhem)Bakery — 4.0 km E (Wallon-Cappel)
In the commune Primary school GP — 1.7 km NFood shop — 2.6 km SWPharmacy — 2.7 km SWBakery — 4.0 km E 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 (Wallon-Cappel): 4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Blaringhem): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Ebblinghem): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Blaringhem): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Lynde): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [12]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 16.7 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 58 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 16.3 km away at 25 m, over 10 summers. [12]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at STEENVOORDE, 16.7 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59366/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59366/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59366/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59366/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59634
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59084
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59184
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59366
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bosgouet27188 km SW79333.7Few servicesno figures
Saint-André-sur-Cailly76155 km SW78929.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Les Combes25506 km SE77732.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Succieu38616 km S77731.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 %
Aurensan65843 km S76429.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen6235 km S79124.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen6235 km S79124.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-sur-Cailly76155 km SW78929.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Bosgouet27188 km SW79333.7Few servicesno figures
Les Combes25506 km SE77732.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Succieu38616 km S77731.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 %
Aurensan65843 km S76429.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Lynde'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf27194 km SW74932.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Villy-Bocage14284 km SW72827.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gourhel56464 km SW71135.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Augustin6211 km SW88033.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Monthuchon50330 km SW70530.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Négreville50314 km SW84530.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %