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Strazeele

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59582

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

Partly served 41.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Strazeele (INSEE 59582) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 942 (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/59582-strazeele

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 14,707 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 food0250
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.96109.63
Housing mix0.9754.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (STREET FRITES). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE STRAZEELE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIF'FEE · KARINE DUHEZ COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant1STREET FRITESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE 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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE STRAZEELEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2COIF'FEE · KARINE DUHEZ COIFFUREINSEE 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: 521 peak 2017: 945 2023: 942 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 894 (2012) → 942 (2023): 5.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 644 (1990) → 942 (2023): 46.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 375, of which 1.3 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.2 km E (Merris)GP — 3.3 km W (Borre)Pharmacy — 4.1 km S (Vieux-Berquin)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km EGP — 3.3 km WPharmacy — 4.1 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 (Merris): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Merris): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Borre): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Vieux-Berquin): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Strazeele): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [11]

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 12.2 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 60 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 9.8 km away at 25 m, over 10 summers. [12]

An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MERVILLE, 9.8 km away at 16 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59582/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59582/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59582/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59582/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59399
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59091
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59615
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59582
  12. 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
Savy-Berlette6242 km S92937.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Niffer68488 km SE98541.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Longèves17567 km SW1,05235.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Caouënnec-Lanvézéac22487 km SW89943.9Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Didier-des-Bois27202 km SW89235.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Beaucamps-Ligny5924 km SE84538.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Beaucamps-Ligny5924 km SE84538.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Savy-Berlette6242 km S92937.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Didier-des-Bois27202 km SW89235.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Caouënnec-Lanvézéac22487 km SW89943.9Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Niffer68488 km SE98541.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Longèves17567 km SW1,05235.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Strazeele'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Savy-Berlette6242 km S92937.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Beaucamps-Ligny5924 km SE84538.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Larré56502 km SW1,10436.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Clayes35431 km SW94734.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Croix-Mare76178 km SW70441.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Elnes6236 km W83630.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %