Râches

Nord · CA Douaisis Agglo · INSEE 59486

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

Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Râches (INSEE 59486) is in Nord (59), part of CA Douaisis Agglo. Population 2,672 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59486-raches

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 7,855 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.62	10	6.2
Housing mix	1	5	4.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX SAVEURS DE BAPTISTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE · ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (LE FLOBART). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PETIT HERVE · LA TOURTIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE F DOLTO). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SUZANNE LANOY). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HERVÉ JOURDAIN, MÉDECIN · CLOTILDE MESSIER, MÉDECIN · SYLVAIN DURIEZ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (BULLE D'HAIR · HAIR ZEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX SAVEURS DE BAPTISTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	INTERMARCHE · ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	LE FLOBART	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	PETIT HERVE · LA TOURTIERE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE F DOLTO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SUZANNE LANOY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	HERVÉ JOURDAIN, MÉDECIN · CLOTILDE MESSIER, MÉDECIN · SYLVAIN DURIEZ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	7	BULLE D'HAIR · HAIR ZEN	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 2,019 peak 1999: 2,813 2023: 2,672 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,715 (2012) → 2,672 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,385 (1990) → 2,672 (2023): 12 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,229, of which 0.2 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.6 km S 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 (Râches): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Râches): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Râches): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Waziers): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Râches): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 45.6

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DOUAI weather station, 5.7 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 22 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 17.4 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 725 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DOUAI, 5.7 km away at 26 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59486/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59486/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59486/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59486/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59486
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59654
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
Allouagne	62	47 km W	2,823	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rogatien	17	567 km SW	2,364	46	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 %
Miserey-Salines	25	405 km SE	2,661	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Achenheim	67	383 km SE	2,637	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Zillisheim	68	428 km SE	2,561	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Fitz-James	60	125 km SW	2,514	45.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Allouagne	62	47 km W	2,823	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fitz-James	60	125 km SW	2,514	45.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Achenheim	67	383 km SE	2,637	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Miserey-Salines	25	405 km SE	2,661	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Zillisheim	68	428 km SE	2,561	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rogatien	17	567 km SW	2,364	46	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Râches'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
Allouagne	62	47 km W	2,823	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-Saint-Vincent	54	294 km SE	1,775	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Valmont	57	296 km SE	3,041	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Quarouble	59	35 km E	3,145	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Annequin	62	31 km W	2,133	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Beautor	02	85 km S	2,579	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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