Oxelaëre

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59454

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Oxelaëre (INSEE 59454) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 540 (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/59454-oxelaere

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,580 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.91	10	9.1
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DES FLANDRES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (EURL AU PIED DU MONT). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 20). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE OXELAERE MEDIATHÉQUE OXELAERE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (WEBER GAETANE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	2	AU FOURNIL DES FLANDRES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	EURL AU PIED DU MONT	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 RPI 20	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	BIBLIOTHEQUE OXELAERE MEDIATHÉQUE OXELAERE	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	1	WEBER GAETANE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 571 2023: 540 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 528 (2012) → 540 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 383 (1990) → 540 (2023): 41 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 257, of which 3.5 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.0 km WFood shop — 1.5 km WGP — 1.5 km NEPharmacy — 1.5 km NE 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 (Oxelaëre): 1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bavinchove): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cassel): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cassel): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Oxelaëre): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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, 8 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 46 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 8 km away at 42 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at STEENVOORDE, 8 km away at 42 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 — 59454/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59454/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59454/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59454/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59454
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59135
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
Combertault	21	458 km SE	527	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Traenheim	67	434 km SE	655	38	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Neubois	67	446 km SE	646	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Thun-Saint-Martin	59	85 km SE	543	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Chivres-Val	02	169 km SE	526	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Drocourt	78	199 km S	554	40.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thun-Saint-Martin	59	85 km SE	543	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Chivres-Val	02	169 km SE	526	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Drocourt	78	199 km S	554	40.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Traenheim	67	434 km SE	655	38	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Neubois	67	446 km SE	646	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Combertault	21	458 km SE	527	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · 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 Oxelaëre'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
Berneville	62	60 km S	485	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-du-Bec	76	208 km SW	650	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Urville	14	279 km SW	779	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Acq	62	51 km S	783	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Marie-Cappel	59	2.4 km E	825	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vincent-Cramesnil	76	207 km SW	689	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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