Uxem

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59605

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

Few services 28.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Uxem (INSEE 59605) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 1,518 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/59605-uxem

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 11,540 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.88
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.85	10	8.46
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PANIER SYMPA). ^[3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THOMAS PLEVERT, MÉDECIN · RÉGINALD BALCEREK, MÉDECIN · LOÏC DUMONT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D'UXEM). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (NAT COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LA BEAUTE EN ELLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LES SOURCES DE LA HOOGHE MOOTE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1	PANIER SYMPA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE GERARD DELIGNY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	THOMAS PLEVERT, MÉDECIN · RÉGINALD BALCEREK, MÉDECIN · LOÏC DUMONT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE D'UXEM	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS FRANCIS LUYCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	NAT COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LA BEAUTE EN ELLES	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	1	LES SOURCES DE LA HOOGHE MOOTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 374 2023: 1,518 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,378 (2012) → 1,518 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,128 (1990) → 1,518 (2023): 34.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 693, of which 13.4 % second homes and 0.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 3.0 km WPharmacy — 3.0 km W 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 (Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Uxem): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Uxem): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Uxem): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 15.2▸

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DUNKERQUE weather station, 11 km away at 11 m; the village itself is at 2 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DUNKERQUE, 11 km away at 11 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 767 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at KILLEM, 11 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59605/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59605/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59605/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59605/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59588
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59605
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
Flaxlanden	68	509 km SE	1,370	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
La Tour-en-Jarez	42	631 km S	1,495	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or	69	599 km S	1,412	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martin-du-Vivier	76	197 km SW	1,674	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Beuvillers	14	264 km SW	1,283	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Angicourt	60	190 km S	1,345	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Angicourt	60	190 km S	1,345	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-du-Vivier	76	197 km SW	1,674	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Beuvillers	14	264 km SW	1,283	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Flaxlanden	68	509 km SE	1,370	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or	69	599 km S	1,412	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 %
La Tour-en-Jarez	42	631 km S	1,495	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Uxem'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-Martin-du-Manoir	76	230 km SW	1,555	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Brèvedent	76	229 km SW	1,496	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Rogerville	76	231 km SW	1,734	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Kersaint-Plabennec	29	568 km SW	1,571	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenay	76	230 km SW	1,766	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Hesdin-l'Abbé	62	69 km SW	1,891	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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