Saint-Jans-Cappel

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59535

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

Partly served 47.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jans-Cappel (INSEE 59535) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 1,598 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 47.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 69 % of the 11,158 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	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.68	10	6.83
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

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 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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]

4 × Restaurant (LE CAFE FRANCAIS · LA MAISON COMMUNE · LA BOSSE · BIERBUIK). ^[4,3]

4 × Café / bar. ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE J SAGARY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTELLE DAMMEREY-DYCKE, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CAPPELLOISE). ^[4,3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LOUIS SONNEVILLE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (VICTOR.V COIFFEUR BARBIER). ^[4,3]

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DE LA SABLIERE). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / 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	4	LE CAFE FRANCAIS · LA MAISON COMMUNE · LA BOSSE · BIERBUIK	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [4,3]
Café / bar	4		INSEE SIRENE 4 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE J SAGARY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CHRISTELLE DAMMEREY-DYCKE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CAPPELLOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE LOUIS SONNEVILLE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	3	VICTOR.V COIFFEUR BARBIER	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	DOMAINE DE LA SABLIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,060 peak 2017: 1,722 2023: 1,598 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,712 (2012) → 1,598 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,351 (1990) → 1,598 (2023): 18.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 708, of which 1.6 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.7 km SFood shop — 2.8 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 (Bailleul): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bailleul): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Jans-Cappel): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jans-Cappel): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Jans-Cappel): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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 0.9

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. ^[10]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 12.9 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 32 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 10.5 km away at 25 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at STEENVOORDE, 12.9 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59535/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59535/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59535/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59535/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59535
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
Brandérion	56	541 km SW	1,494	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mouchin	59	49 km SE	1,491	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Nogent-le-Phaye	28	271 km S	1,452	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt	35	420 km SW	1,580	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Urbain	29	565 km SW	1,670	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ennevelin	59	38 km SE	2,416	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ennevelin	59	38 km SE	2,416	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mouchin	59	49 km SE	1,491	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Nogent-le-Phaye	28	271 km S	1,452	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt	35	420 km SW	1,580	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Brandérion	56	541 km SW	1,494	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Urbain	29	565 km SW	1,670	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · 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 Saint-Jans-Cappel'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
Brandérion	56	541 km SW	1,494	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Urbain	29	565 km SW	1,670	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ennevelin	59	38 km SE	2,416	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Steenbecque	59	19 km SW	1,602	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ouen	80	91 km SW	1,772	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Doulieu	59	9.0 km S	1,436	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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