Oudezeele

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59453

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

Partly served 43.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Oudezeele (INSEE 59453) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 690 (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/59453-oudezeele

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 16,465 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.9	10	9.02
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

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

2 × Restaurant (L'ENFANT DE COEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'OUDEZEELE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	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	2	L'ENFANT DE COEUR	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'OUDEZEELE	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 510 2023: 690 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 671 (2012) → 690 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 492 (1990) → 690 (2023): 40.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 297, of which 1.7 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km EGP — 4.7 km SWPharmacy — 4.7 km SWFood shop — 5.5 km N 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 (Winnezeele): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Herzeele): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cassel): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cassel): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Oudezeele): 0.2 km to the south-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, 4.1 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, 4.1 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, 4.1 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 — 59453/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59453/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59453/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59453/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59662
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59305
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59135
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59453
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
Auzouville-sur-Ry	76	177 km SW	683	37.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Épercieux-Saint-Paul	42	575 km S	732	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Chalain-le-Comtal	42	590 km S	743	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 %
Novy-Chevrières	08	200 km SE	715	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Allouestre	56	500 km SW	675	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Faust	64	871 km S	738	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Auzouville-sur-Ry	76	177 km SW	683	37.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Novy-Chevrières	08	200 km SE	715	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Allouestre	56	500 km SW	675	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Épercieux-Saint-Paul	42	575 km S	732	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Chalain-le-Comtal	42	590 km S	743	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Faust	64	871 km S	738	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Oudezeele'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-Allouestre	56	500 km SW	675	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Wirwignes	62	56 km W	768	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sandouville	76	216 km SW	799	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Langouet	35	425 km SW	604	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Joseph	50	322 km SW	822	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Verchocq	62	45 km SW	665	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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