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Saint-Pierre-Brouck

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59539

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

Few services 38/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pierre-Brouck (INSEE 59539) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 989 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59539-saint-pierre-brouck

Vitality score

Vitality score 38/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 14,397 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.71107.15
Housing mix0.8254.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE CAMILLE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PIERREBROUCK AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (LYZAE COIFFURE ESTHETIQUE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1L'EPICERIE DE CAMILLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE FL DEBEYREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SAINT PIERREBROUCK APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2LYZAE COIFFURE ESTHETIQUEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 729 peak 2012: 1,011 2023: 989 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,011 (2012) → 989 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 814 (1990) → 989 (2023): 21.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 433, of which 9 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.5 km SW (Ruminghem)Pharmacy — 5.3 km N (Bourbourg)GP — 5.4 km N (Bourbourg)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.5 km SWPharmacy — 5.3 km NGP — 5.4 km N 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 (Ruminghem): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-Brouck): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Bourbourg): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Bourbourg): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Pierre-Brouck): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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, 7.2 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 3 m. [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, 7.2 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59539/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59539/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59539/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59539/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62730
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59539
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59094
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Gonnery56475 km SW1,08737.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
La Copechagnière85519 km SW1,04632.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Vaudelnay49453 km SW1,12227.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 91 %
Villemontais42562 km S1,04227.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Sandoux63588 km S99234.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Le Langon85547 km SW1,04543.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 85 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vaudelnay49453 km SW1,12227.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Gonnery56475 km SW1,08737.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
La Copechagnière85519 km SW1,04632.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Le Langon85547 km SW1,04543.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 85 %
Villemontais42562 km S1,04227.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Sandoux63588 km S99234.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %

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