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Mouchin

Nord · CC Pévèle-Carembault · INSEE 59419

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

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mouchin (INSEE 59419) is in Nord (59), part of CC Pévèle-Carembault. Population 1,491 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59419-mouchin

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 11,670 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
Social0.512010.26
Education0.39103.93
Health0.66106.56
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.62106.18
Housing mix0.9954.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

2 × Restaurant (AU COIN GOURMAND). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB CAMILLE DESMOULINS). [3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAROLINE HOCRY, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE JACOB, MÉDECIN · MARYLINE DIEVART, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE DISSAUX, MÉDECIN · MAHAUT DUFOUR, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VAN WELDEN). [3,4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MOUCHIN). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (JULIE.B.V.). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale. [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]
Restaurant2AU COIN GOURMANDINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB CAMILLE DESMOULINSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5CAROLINE HOCRY, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE JACOB, MÉDECIN · MARYLINE DIEVART, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE DISSAUX, MÉDECIN · MAHAUT DUFOUR, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE VAN WELDENINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MOUCHININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1JULIE.B.V.INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,034 2023: 1,491 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,393 (2012) → 1,491 (2023): 7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,334 (1990) → 1,491 (2023): 11.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 674, of which 0.7 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 0.9 km NW (Mouchin)Food shop — 3.6 km SW (Nomain)Bakery — 3.7 km SW (Nomain)
In the commune Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.9 km NWFood shop — 3.6 km SWBakery — 3.7 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 (Nomain): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Nomain): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

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

Pharmacy (Mouchin): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Mouchin): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CAPPELLE-EN-PEV weather station, 8.5 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 40 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 15 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 764 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LECELLES, 8.4 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59419/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59419/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59419/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59419/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59435
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59419
  10. 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
Brandérion56560 km SW1,49448.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Nogent-le-Phaye28262 km SW1,45241.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jans-Cappel5949 km NW1,59847.3Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt35436 km SW1,58036.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Urbain29592 km W1,67036.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Ennevelin5912 km W2,41645.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ennevelin5912 km W2,41645.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jans-Cappel5949 km NW1,59847.3Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Nogent-le-Phaye28262 km SW1,45241.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt35436 km SW1,58036.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Brandérion56560 km SW1,49448.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Urbain29592 km W1,67036.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Mouchin'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
Nogent-le-Phaye28262 km SW1,45241.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt35436 km SW1,58036.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ennevelin5912 km W2,41645.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Haussy5936 km S1,45131.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubert5936 km S1,57038.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bouvignies599.8 km S1,58029.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %