Volckerinckhove

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59628

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

Few services 38.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Volckerinckhove (INSEE 59628) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 573 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59628-volckerinckhove

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,307 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.86	10	8.58
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (HERBERGE IN D'HOPE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (STEPHANIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU MOULIN). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	HERBERGE IN D'HOPE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VOLCKERINCKHOVE	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	1	STEPHANIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CAMPING DU MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 531 2023: 573 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 543 (2012) → 573 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 422 (1990) → 573 (2023): 35.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 248, of which 3.2 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.8 km SPharmacy — 2.3 km SGP — 3.4 km N 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 (Volckerinckhove): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lederzeele): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bollezeele): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lederzeele): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Volckerinckhove): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.3

Days at or below 0 °C 39.8

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the WATTEN weather station, 6.5 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 29 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 18.5 km away at 42 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 838 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at WATTEN, 6.5 km away at 7 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 — 59628/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59628/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59628/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59628/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59628
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59337
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59089
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
Origny-le-Sec	10	284 km S	604	36.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Forgeux-Lespinasse	42	538 km S	590	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Goos	40	827 km S	531	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Génicourt	95	196 km S	514	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bomy	62	30 km S	615	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Crozes-Hermitage	26	667 km S	660	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bomy	62	30 km S	615	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Génicourt	95	196 km S	514	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Origny-le-Sec	10	284 km S	604	36.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Forgeux-Lespinasse	42	538 km S	590	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Crozes-Hermitage	26	667 km S	660	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Goos	40	827 km S	531	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Volckerinckhove'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
Génicourt	95	196 km S	514	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bomy	62	30 km S	615	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lamotte-Warfusée	80	110 km S	725	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Beaudignies	59	113 km SE	574	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Grouches-Luchuel	80	74 km S	572	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Souancé-au-Perche	28	304 km S	486	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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