Millam

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59402

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

Partly served 46.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Millam (INSEE 59402) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 838 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 15,346 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.91	10	9.13
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA FRITERIE DE MARIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MILLAM). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LA FRITERIE DE MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MILLAM	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 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

1968: 604 2023: 838 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 792 (2012) → 838 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 593 (1990) → 838 (2023): 41.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 353, of which 2.5 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 3.5 km SWFood shop — 3.6 km SWPharmacy — 3.6 km SW 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 (Millam): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Watten): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Watten): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Watten): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Millam): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.3

Days at or below 0 °C 39.8

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the WATTEN weather station, 3.4 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 10 m. ^[10]

An average of 838 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at WATTEN, 3.4 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59402/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59402/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59402/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59402/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59402
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59647
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
Bey	71	491 km SE	870	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 76 %
Margerie-Chantagret	42	608 km S	860	47.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 61 %
La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens	35	402 km SW	824	48.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 82 %
Wierre-Effroy	62	37 km W	834	46.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 69 %
Noordpeene	59	12 km SE	825	43.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 82 %
Thiennes	59	28 km SE	920	48.7	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Noordpeene	59	12 km SE	825	43.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 82 %
Thiennes	59	28 km SE	920	48.7	Partly served	no figures
Wierre-Effroy	62	37 km W	834	46.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 69 %
La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens	35	402 km SW	824	48.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 82 %
Bey	71	491 km SE	870	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 76 %
Margerie-Chantagret	42	608 km S	860	47.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 61 %

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