Méteren

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59401

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

Partly served 50.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Méteren (INSEE 59401) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 2,231 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59401-meteren

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 8,883 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.46	20	9.18
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.62	10	6.15
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PAIN DE CAMPAGNE · SUCREAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU FIL DU COUTEAU CHARLES-HENRY TER). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (FERME DE L HAGHEDOORN · SARL MALTEREN · LE PETIT SAINT GEORGES · L'OLIVIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE FABRE D EGLANTINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARTHE). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FABIEN SADOC, MÉDECIN · ROGER DOMERGUE, MÉDECIN · CÉLINE PLATEVOET, MÉDECIN · EMMA CHAUMONT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (LA PHARMACIE FLAMENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (METEREN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MÉTEREN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (VERDIERE REGINE · AU CHEVEU PRES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AU PAIN DE CAMPAGNE · SUCREAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	AU FIL DU COUTEAU CHARLES-HENRY TER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	5	FERME DE L HAGHEDOORN · SARL MALTEREN · LE PETIT SAINT GEORGES · L'OLIVIER	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE FABRE D EGLANTINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARTHE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	FABIEN SADOC, MÉDECIN · ROGER DOMERGUE, MÉDECIN · CÉLINE PLATEVOET, MÉDECIN · EMMA CHAUMONT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	LA PHARMACIE FLAMENT	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	METEREN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MÉTEREN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ESPACE OMNISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	VERDIERE REGINE · AU CHEVEU PRES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday until 18h place de Méteren. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,655 peak 2017: 2,314 2023: 2,231 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,152 (2012) → 2,231 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,000 (1990) → 2,231 (2023): 11.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 993, of which 2.4 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Méteren): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Méteren): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Méteren): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Méteren): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.7

Days at or below 0 °C 27.4

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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. ^[10]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 13.1 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 50 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 10.5 km away at 25 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MERVILLE, 11.7 km away at 16 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59401/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.ville-meteren.fr/fr/rb/1056317/marche-13— “Le marché est présent sur la place de Méteren jusqu'à 18h tous les mercredis.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59401/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59401/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59401/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59401
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
Landas	59	52 km SE	2,518	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Châbons	38	623 km S	2,133	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Vallières-sur-Fier	74	589 km SE	2,860	55.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
Westhoffen	67	416 km SE	1,720	46.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Plounéventer	29	555 km SW	2,251	56.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Boeschepe	59	6.6 km N	2,244	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boeschepe	59	6.6 km N	2,244	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Landas	59	52 km SE	2,518	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Westhoffen	67	416 km SE	1,720	46.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Plounéventer	29	555 km SW	2,251	56.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Vallières-sur-Fier	74	589 km SE	2,860	55.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
Châbons	38	623 km S	2,133	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 28 % · 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 Méteren'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
Boeschepe	59	6.6 km N	2,244	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Edern	29	564 km SW	2,186	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gervais	85	548 km SW	2,781	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Romagné	35	391 km SW	2,438	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Godewaersvelde	59	6.8 km NW	2,024	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Roquetoire	62	26 km W	1,970	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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