Staple

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59577

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

Few services 28.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Staple (INSEE 59577) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 756 (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 28.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 15,984 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.71	10	7.12
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE CHEMIN DU LEVAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE CHEMIN DE LA FERME). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE STAPLE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (EMILIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	LE CHEMIN DU LEVAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LE CHEMIN DE LA FERME	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 MUNICIPALE DE STAPLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	EMILIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 624 2023: 756 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 693 (2012) → 756 (2023): 9.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 624 (1990) → 756 (2023): 21.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 320, of which 1.3 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 1.3 km SEFood shop — 1.3 km SEGP — 2.5 km SEPrimary school — 2.8 km SEPharmacy — 6.0 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 (Staple): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Staple): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Wallon-Cappel): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Hazebrouck): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Wallon-Cappel): 2.8 km to the south-east (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. ^[11]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 12 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 46 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 11.8 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, 12 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 — 59577/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59577/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59577/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59577/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59577
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59634
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59295
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
Thal-Marmoutier	67	419 km SE	826	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Moulins-sur-Yèvre	18	408 km S	850	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Verel-Pragondran	73	628 km SE	640	25.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Flavacourt	60	164 km S	684	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Larnod	25	472 km SE	773	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Montbrun-Lauragais	31	814 km S	730	33	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Flavacourt	60	164 km S	684	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Moulins-sur-Yèvre	18	408 km S	850	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Thal-Marmoutier	67	419 km SE	826	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Larnod	25	472 km SE	773	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Verel-Pragondran	73	628 km SE	640	25.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Montbrun-Lauragais	31	814 km S	730	33	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Staple'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
Villers-Canivet	14	280 km SW	720	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ancourt	76	130 km SW	618	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lieuron	35	453 km SW	811	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Boulon	14	278 km SW	844	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Écuires	62	60 km SW	682	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bréville-les-Monts	14	255 km SW	661	16.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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