Vieux-Berquin

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59615

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

Partly served 51.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vieux-Berquin (INSEE 59615) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 2,628 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59615-vieux-berquin

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Pharmacy).

Better served than 71 % of the 7,945 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.76	10	7.56
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 2 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) (FARINE & CO). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BETCHUTCHU). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU DROOGHOUT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LEONARD DE VINCI). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LOÏC MOHR, MÉDECIN · MÉLANIE CARLIER, MÉDECIN · GEORGES DELCHIDRE, MÉDECIN · CLÉMENT GARIN, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME LEMPERIERE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE VIEUX BERQUIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIEUX BERQUIN RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE VIEUX-BERQUIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (K PI L'HAIR). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	FARINE & CO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BETCHUTCHU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU DROOGHOUT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LEONARD DE VINCI	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	LOÏC MOHR, MÉDECIN · MÉLANIE CARLIER, MÉDECIN · GEORGES DELCHIDRE, MÉDECIN · CLÉMENT GARIN, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME LEMPERIERE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DE VIEUX BERQUIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VIEUX BERQUIN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE VIEUX-BERQUIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORTS COMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	K PI L'HAIR	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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday 14h30 à 19h00 Grand'Place. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,864 2023: 2,628 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,499 (2012) → 2,628 (2023): 5.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,092 (1990) → 2,628 (2023): 25.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,120, of which 0.8 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.5 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 (Vieux-Berquin): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Vieux-Berquin): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vieux-Berquin): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vieux-Berquin): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vieux-Berquin): 0.1 km to the north-west (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. ^[10]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 15.9 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 19 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 13.5 km away at 25 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MERVILLE, 6.2 km away at 16 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Pharmacy

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59615/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.mairie-vieux-berquin.fr/commercants-ambulants— “la rôtisserie « à la cuisse dorée », le fromager ambulant « L'instant Fromage » et le vendeur de fruits et légumes « La cagette du Maraicher » installent leurs étals tous les vendredi après-midi de 14h30 à 19h00 sur la Grand'Place du village”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59615/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59615/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59615/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59615
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
Val-d'Izé	35	400 km SW	2,620	59.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Les Landes-Genusson	85	498 km SW	2,638	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 %
Étrelles	35	404 km SW	2,703	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Charleval	13	800 km S	2,640	56.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Trieux	54	280 km SE	2,753	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Cadillac-sur-Garonne	33	709 km S	2,670	61.5	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 97 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trieux	54	280 km SE	2,753	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Val-d'Izé	35	400 km SW	2,620	59.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Étrelles	35	404 km SW	2,703	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Les Landes-Genusson	85	498 km SW	2,638	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 %
Cadillac-sur-Garonne	33	709 km S	2,670	61.5	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 97 % · humidity 14 %
Charleval	13	800 km S	2,640	56.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Vieux-Berquin'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
Étrelles	35	404 km SW	2,703	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bais	35	413 km SW	2,539	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Guiclan	29	532 km SW	2,585	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Plonéis	29	579 km SW	2,409	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Entrammes	53	386 km SW	2,294	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Fresnais	35	399 km SW	2,509	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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