Morbecque
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 54.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Morbecque (INSEE 59416) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 2,573 (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 54.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 80 % of the 8,062 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.89 | 20 | 17.83 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.86 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FRITERIE MORBECQUOISE). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (AU COEUR D'ARTICHAUT · HAZ'FRITES · LA MORBECQUOISE · SUGARRUSH 4D). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (AU PONT D'ARCOLE · ROCKSTORE PONT D'ARCOLE · AU BON FERMIER A.B.F.). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CH PERRAULT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MOTTE AU BOIS). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENCE VANHAMME-WYTS, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAINT-FIRMIN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MORBECQUE AP). [3]
1 × Library (COMITÉ MORBECQUOIS D'ANIMATION BIBLIOTHÈQUE BIBLIOTHÈQUE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (INSTITUT AERONAUTIQUE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (L'UNIV'HAIR DE VALERIE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE LA FORET). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES HUIT RUES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [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) | 1 | FRITERIE MORBECQUOISE | 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 | 4 | AU COEUR D'ARTICHAUT · HAZ'FRITES · LA MORBECQUOISE · SUGARRUSH 4D | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | AU PONT D'ARCOLE · ROCKSTORE PONT D'ARCOLE · AU BON FERMIER A.B.F. | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE CH PERRAULT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MOTTE AU BOIS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | LAURENCE VANHAMME-WYTS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE SAINT-FIRMIN | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MORBECQUE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | COMITÉ MORBECQUOIS D'ANIMATION BIBLIOTHÈQUE BIBLIOTHÈQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | INSTITUT AERONAUTIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | L'UNIV'HAIR DE VALERIE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | AUBERGE DE LA FORET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LES HUIT RUES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,620 (2012) → 2,573 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,541 (1990) → 2,573 (2023): 1.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,200, of which 1.4 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Morbecque): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Morbecque): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Morbecque): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Hazebrouck): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Morbecque): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 15.6 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 27 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 14.1 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, 10.6 km away at 16 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 — 59416/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59416/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59416/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59416/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59416
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59295
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corsept | 44 | 505 km SW | 2,594 | 51.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-Fleurigné | 35 | 369 km SW | 2,451 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bignan | 56 | 495 km SW | 2,757 | 54.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Loretz-d'Argenton | 79 | 454 km SW | 2,575 | 60.1 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 80 % |
| Gommegnies | 59 | 96 km SE | 2,264 | 53.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gambais | 78 | 222 km S | 2,574 | 51.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gommegnies | 59 | 96 km SE | 2,264 | 53.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gambais | 78 | 222 km S | 2,574 | 51.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Chapelle-Fleurigné | 35 | 369 km SW | 2,451 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Loretz-d'Argenton | 79 | 454 km SW | 2,575 | 60.1 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 80 % |
| Bignan | 56 | 495 km SW | 2,757 | 54.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Corsept | 44 | 505 km SW | 2,594 | 51.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · 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 Morbecque'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corsept | 44 | 505 km SW | 2,594 | 51.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-Fleurigné | 35 | 369 km SW | 2,451 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bignan | 56 | 495 km SW | 2,757 | 54.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet | 44 | 488 km SW | 3,063 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Besné | 44 | 497 km SW | 3,322 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monterblanc | 56 | 500 km SW | 3,356 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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