Oost-Cappel

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59448

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Oost-Cappel (INSEE 59448) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 463 (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 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,923 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.4
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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]

1 × Restaurant (BISTROT LEON). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES BREL RPI 4). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	1	BISTROT LEON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES BREL RPI 4	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: 342 peak 2012: 521 2023: 463 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 521 (2012) → 463 (2023): -11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 406 (1990) → 463 (2023): 14 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 220, of which 0.9 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.3 km WGP — 4.4 km SWPharmacy — 4.5 km WFood shop — 4.6 km W 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 (Rexpoëde): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rexpoëde): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bambecque): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rexpoëde): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Oost-Cappel): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 10.7 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 16 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 10.7 km away at 42 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 767 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at KILLEM, 2.6 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59448/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59448/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59448/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59448/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59499
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59448
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
Ottonville	57	338 km SE	464	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 32 %
Sailly-Saillisel	80	102 km S	469	28	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Bonlieu-sur-Roubion	26	724 km S	458	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bosc-Bordel	76	171 km SW	455	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Florimont	90	500 km SE	473	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 %
Lelling	57	361 km SE	458	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sailly-Saillisel	80	102 km S	469	28	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Bosc-Bordel	76	171 km SW	455	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Ottonville	57	338 km SE	464	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 32 %
Lelling	57	361 km SE	458	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Florimont	90	500 km SE	473	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 %
Bonlieu-sur-Roubion	26	724 km S	458	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Oost-Cappel'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
Amettes	62	46 km S	469	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sercus	59	26 km S	486	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-Canivet	14	300 km SW	462	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Lambert	78	247 km S	447	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ville-le-Marclet	80	107 km S	461	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Maizières	14	290 km SW	437	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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