Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa

Nord · CU de Dunkerque · INSEE 59532

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

No daily shops 18.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa (INSEE 59532) is in Nord (59), part of CU de Dunkerque. Population 287 (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 18.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,752 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.48
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE RAYMOND VERVA). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE RAYMOND VERVA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	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: 251 peak 2012: 320 2023: 287 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 320 (2012) → 287 (2023): -10.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 250 (1990) → 287 (2023): 14.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 137, of which 18.2 % second homes and 2.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.3 km NWFood shop — 2.9 km SEGP — 2.9 km NWPharmacy — 3.4 km SE 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 (Gravelines): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bourbourg): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gravelines): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bourbourg): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 15.2▸

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DUNKERQUE weather station, 15.5 km away at 11 m; the village itself is at 3 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DUNKERQUE, 15.5 km away at 11 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 778 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GRAVELINES, 2.8 km away at 3 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 — 59532/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59532/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59532/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59532/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59273
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59532
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
Montigny-l'Allier	02	217 km S	273	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Vadans	39	518 km SE	306	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Roquetaillade-et-Conilhac	11	887 km S	265	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Nuret-le-Ferron	36	480 km S	294	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Bourville	76	162 km SW	276	15.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Charix	01	592 km SE	280	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bourville	76	162 km SW	276	15.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-l'Allier	02	217 km S	273	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Nuret-le-Ferron	36	480 km S	294	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Vadans	39	518 km SE	306	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Charix	01	592 km SE	280	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Roquetaillade-et-Conilhac	11	887 km S	265	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa'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
Offrethun	62	39 km SW	276	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Henneveux	62	35 km SW	272	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Wanchy-Capval	76	136 km SW	326	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Geneviève	50	287 km SW	299	11.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mandeville-en-Bessin	14	285 km SW	303	11.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Hervelinghen	62	33 km W	215	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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