Sercus

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59568

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

Few services 31.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sercus (INSEE 59568) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 486 (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 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,820 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.9	10	9.05
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE SAINT ERASME). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	LE SAINT ERASME	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 302 2023: 486 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 423 (2012) → 486 (2023): 14.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 346 (1990) → 486 (2023): 40.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 183, of which 0.5 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km NEGP — 2.8 km NEFood shop — 4.0 km SWPharmacy — 4.1 km SW 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 (Wallon-Cappel): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Blaringhem): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Wallon-Cappel): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Blaringhem): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sercus): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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, 15.9 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 48 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 25 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MERVILLE, 15 km away at 16 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 — 59568/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59568/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59568/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59568/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59634
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59084
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59568
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
Florimont	90	489 km SE	473	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 %
Escarmain	59	94 km SE	479	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Allain	54	346 km SE	490	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Lavaganne	60	129 km S	502	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Sailly-Saillisel	80	82 km SE	469	28	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Ottonville	57	335 km SE	464	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 32 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sailly-Saillisel	80	82 km SE	469	28	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Escarmain	59	94 km SE	479	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-Lavaganne	60	129 km S	502	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Ottonville	57	335 km SE	464	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 32 %
Allain	54	346 km SE	490	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Florimont	90	489 km SE	473	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 9 % · 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 Sercus'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
Oost-Cappel	59	26 km N	463	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Amettes	62	20 km S	469	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Berles-Monchel	62	41 km S	482	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Oudalle	76	203 km SW	520	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Ecquedecques	62	16 km S	511	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-Canivet	14	275 km SW	462	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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