Ochtezeele

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59443

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

Partly served 43.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ochtezeele (INSEE 59443) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 351 (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/59443-ochtezeele

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 18,034 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	25	0
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (PINOC ET FRED · FRITERIE DU REUZE / PINOC ET MARCEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 7). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	3	PINOC ET FRED · FRITERIE DU REUZE / PINOC ET MARCEL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 7	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 291 peak 2017: 383 2023: 351 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 367 (2012) → 351 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 221 (1990) → 351 (2023): 58.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 150, of which 3.3 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km SWGP — 1.7 km NPharmacy — 1.7 km NFood shop — 5.3 km SE 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 (Noordpeene): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bavinchove): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Pharmacy (Arnèke): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ochtezeele): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

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 0.8

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 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, 11.8 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 24 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 11.8 km away at 42 m, over 18 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, 11.8 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59443/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59443/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59443/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59443/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59436
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59443
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
Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn)	64	848 km S	332	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 86 % · humidity 29 %
Villenave-de-Rions	33	711 km S	374	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Georges-d'Elle	50	304 km SW	380	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Quiou	22	420 km SW	359	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Hardifort	59	5.9 km E	385	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villefrancœur	41	358 km S	416	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hardifort	59	5.9 km E	385	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-d'Elle	50	304 km SW	380	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villefrancœur	41	358 km S	416	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Le Quiou	22	420 km SW	359	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Villenave-de-Rions	33	711 km S	374	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn)	64	848 km S	332	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 86 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Ochtezeele'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
Saint-Georges-d'Elle	50	304 km SW	380	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Hardifort	59	5.9 km E	385	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Crocy	14	279 km SW	285	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bellebrune	62	45 km W	427	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Belmesnil	76	151 km SW	440	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-Bénouville	76	157 km SW	353	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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