Rubrouck

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59516

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rubrouck (INSEE 59516) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 899 (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/59516-rubrouck

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 14,958 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.78	10	7.81
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

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 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 (FRITERIE GREG BURGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE DE RUBROUCK). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE L'HOFLAND). ^[3,4]

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

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	1	FRITERIE GREG BURGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHEQUE DE RUBROUCK	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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	1	CAMPING DE L'HOFLAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 724 peak 2012: 956 2023: 899 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 956 (2012) → 899 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 702 (1990) → 899 (2023): 28.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 386, of which 1 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.1 km NBakery — 3.5 km NWGP — 3.5 km NWPharmacy — 4.0 km E 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 (Bollezeele): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bollezeele): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bollezeele): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Arnèke): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rubrouck): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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 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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the WATTEN weather station, 9.9 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 30 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 15.1 km away at 42 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 838 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at WATTEN, 9.9 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 — 59516/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59516/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59516/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59516/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59516
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
Saint-Aubin-des-Landes	35	403 km SW	917	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Méen	29	539 km SW	942	41.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Grèges	76	133 km SW	830	42.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Agnan	89	286 km S	913	38.5	Few services	no figures
Saint-Derrien	29	535 km SW	861	41.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-la-Virvée	33	685 km S	956	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grèges	76	133 km SW	830	42.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Agnan	89	286 km S	913	38.5	Few services	no figures
Saint-Aubin-des-Landes	35	403 km SW	917	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Derrien	29	535 km SW	861	41.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Méen	29	539 km SW	942	41.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-la-Virvée	33	685 km S	956	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · 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 Rubrouck'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-Aubin-des-Landes	35	403 km SW	917	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sandouville	76	208 km SW	799	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-du-Pinel	35	405 km SW	1,018	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Rebreuve-Ranchicourt	62	47 km S	1,071	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Prénessaye	22	466 km SW	885	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Auzouville-sur-Ry	76	172 km SW	683	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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