Pitgam

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59463

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pitgam (INSEE 59463) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 1,007 (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 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 14,292 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.59	10	5.93
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

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 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 (LA TANIERE). ^[4,3]

2 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DESUDDE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PITGAM AP). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (DESCHUYTTER MARYSE · LE MIROIR D'AMELIE). ^[4,3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE PETIT BONHEUR). ^[4,3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	LA TANIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DESUDDE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	PITGAM AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	3	DESCHUYTTER MARYSE · LE MIROIR D'AMELIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE PETIT BONHEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 978 2023: 1,007 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 941 (2012) → 1,007 (2023): 7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 921 (1990) → 1,007 (2023): 9.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 447, of which 2.7 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.8 km NWFood shop — 4.0 km NWPharmacy — 4.2 km WGP — 4.5 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 (Brouckerque): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brouckerque): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Spycker): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Looberghe): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Pitgam): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.3

Days at or below 0 °C 39.8

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the WATTEN weather station, 13.3 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 14 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at DUNKERQUE, 14.2 km away at 11 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 838 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at WATTEN, 13.3 km away at 7 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 — 59463/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59463/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59463/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59463/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59110
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59576
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59358
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59463
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
Labergement-lès-Seurre	21	481 km SE	1,006	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Montseveroux	38	642 km S	999	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Cours-les-Barres	18	437 km S	1,021	26	Few services	no figures
Nervieux	42	585 km S	1,040	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Oyeu	38	655 km S	1,106	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Cangey	37	396 km S	1,021	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cangey	37	396 km S	1,021	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cours-les-Barres	18	437 km S	1,021	26	Few services	no figures
Labergement-lès-Seurre	21	481 km SE	1,006	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Nervieux	42	585 km S	1,040	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Montseveroux	38	642 km S	999	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Oyeu	38	655 km S	1,106	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Pitgam'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
Courcelles-lès-Gisors	60	190 km S	809	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy-du-Plain	35	400 km SW	818	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Rollot	80	150 km S	755	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Feins	35	407 km SW	1,074	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Merzer	22	468 km SW	986	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Yvignac-la-Tour	22	433 km SW	1,135	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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