Steenbecque

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59578

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

Partly served 48.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Steenbecque (INSEE 59578) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 1,602 (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/59578-steenbecque

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 11,148 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.53	10	5.32
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 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) (MAISON DEBACKER DEPUIS 1909). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA CHAUMINE · LA BROUETTE EN BOIS · BIEN PLUS QUE DEZ PATES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (KWAAD GEBUUR). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT PIERRE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (KARINE GOSSET-DEVOS, MÉDECIN · LAURENT VASSEUR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (STEENBECQUE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE STEENBECQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (COIFF' TON STYLE, A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON DEBACKER DEPUIS 1909	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	3	LA CHAUMINE · LA BROUETTE EN BOIS · BIEN PLUS QUE DEZ PATES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	KWAAD GEBUUR	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT PIERRE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	KARINE GOSSET-DEVOS, MÉDECIN · LAURENT VASSEUR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	STEENBECQUE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE STEENBECQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	COIFF' TON STYLE, A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,497 peak 2012: 1,742 2023: 1,602 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,742 (2012) → 1,602 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,553 (1990) → 1,602 (2023): 3.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 679, of which 1 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.9 km NEPharmacy — 6.1 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 (Steenbecque): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Morbecque): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Steenbecque): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Isbergues): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Steenbecque): 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, 18.3 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 22 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 17.1 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, 11.6 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 — 59578/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59578/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59578/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59578/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59578
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59416
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62473
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
Saint-Aubert	59	84 km SE	1,570	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Ciré-d'Aunis	17	572 km SW	1,583	47.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Beauregard-l'Évêque	63	544 km S	1,586	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ouen	80	75 km S	1,772	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fors	79	538 km SW	1,780	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mesmin	85	492 km SW	1,774	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Ouen	80	75 km S	1,772	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubert	59	84 km SE	1,570	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mesmin	85	492 km SW	1,774	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Fors	79	538 km SW	1,780	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Beauregard-l'Évêque	63	544 km S	1,586	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Ciré-d'Aunis	17	572 km SW	1,583	47.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Steenbecque'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
Saint-Ouen	80	75 km S	1,772	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chevrières	60	148 km S	2,036	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Touvois	44	519 km SW	1,970	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Turretot	76	200 km SW	1,619	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Arnèke	59	18 km N	1,594	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Herzeele	59	24 km N	1,638	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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