Sainte-Marie-Cappel

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59536

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

Partly served 49.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Marie-Cappel (INSEE 59536) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 825 (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 49.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 15,483 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.9	10	8.96
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (PAUL ET MARIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE PETIT BRUXELLES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINTE-MARIE-CAPPEL). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	PAUL ET MARIA	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	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	LE PETIT BRUXELLES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINTE-MARIE-CAPPEL	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 356 peak 2017: 877 2023: 825 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 846 (2012) → 825 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 591 (1990) → 825 (2023): 39.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 351, of which 2.6 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.1 km NWPharmacy — 2.3 km NWFood shop — 3.8 km W 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 (Sainte-Marie-Cappel): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bavinchove): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cassel): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cassel): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sainte-Marie-Cappel): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 6.6 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 59 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 6.6 km away at 25 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at STEENVOORDE, 6.6 km away at 42 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 — 59536/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59536/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59536/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59536/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59536
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59135
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
Ville-Saint-Jacques	77	273 km S	815	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Acq	62	50 km S	783	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Foussemagne	90	479 km SE	869	48	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Itancourt	02	124 km SE	999	42	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Barthélemy-Lestra	42	579 km S	679	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 32 % · humidity 21 %
Fournès	30	779 km S	1,047	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Acq	62	50 km S	783	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Itancourt	02	124 km SE	999	42	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Ville-Saint-Jacques	77	273 km S	815	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Foussemagne	90	479 km SE	869	48	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Barthélemy-Lestra	42	579 km S	679	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 32 % · humidity 21 %
Fournès	30	779 km S	1,047	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Sainte-Marie-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
Acq	62	50 km S	783	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bambecque	59	13 km N	845	57.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Beaucamps-Ligny	59	35 km SE	845	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Torcy-le-Grand	76	145 km SW	788	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Hondeghem	59	3.2 km S	916	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Savy-Berlette	62	48 km S	929	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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