Wambrechies
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Wambrechies (INSEE 59636) is in Nord (59), part of Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population 11,012 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [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/59636-wambrechies
Vitality score
Vitality score 53.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 31 % of the 2,225 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 | 0.31 | 25 | 7.82 |
| Social | 0.72 | 20 | 14.31 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.57 | 10 | 5.69 |
| Public & culture | 0.06 | 5 | 0.29 |
| Population trend | 0.83 | 10 | 8.35 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.92 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PALET D OR · BOULANGERIE LOUISE · VANDROMME). [3,4]
3 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE · HENRI BOUCHER). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR CITY · L'EPICERIE DE DANY). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LIDL · NIMMO · SUPERMARCHES MATCH). [3,4]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGE MADAME). [4]
1 × Fishmonger (LA LIGNE). [3,4]
27 × Restaurant (MACS · LE BALSAMIQUE RESTAURANT · TOMATE CERISE WAMBRECHIES · BALTY). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (ANGKOR BAR). [4]
2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE MME DE SEVIGNE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LOUIS LEROY). [3]
4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE PASTEUR-SEGUR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LA PROVIDENCE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ST VAAST ROBERSART). [3]
14 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANÇOIS GERARD, MÉDECIN · PAULINE MOYNIEZ, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE FENART, MÉDECIN · JULIEN LEGRAND, MÉDECIN · ELISE BROUTAIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ROYE · PHARMACIE CAMBIER · PHARMACIE PASQUIER). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE CIBIE). [3]
5 × Bank (AGENCE WAMBRECHIES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · WAMBRECHIES · GDS FINANCES). [3]
11 × Hairdresser (SALUT LES 60 · DELPHINI TIFS · REB' STYLE · BULLE D'HAIR). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HÔTEL BERCAIL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Library. [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | LE PALET D OR · BOULANGERIE LOUISE · VANDROMME | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 3 | BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE · HENRI BOUCHER | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | CARREFOUR CITY · L'EPICERIE DE DANY | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | LIDL · NIMMO · SUPERMARCHES MATCH | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | FROMAGE MADAME | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 1 | LA LIGNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 27 | MACS · LE BALSAMIQUE RESTAURANT · TOMATE CERISE WAMBRECHIES · BALTY | INSEE BPE 27 / INSEE SIRENE 34 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | ANGKOR BAR | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 2 | ECOLE MATERNELLE MME DE SEVIGNE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LOUIS LEROY | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 4 | GROUPE SCOLAIRE PASTEUR-SEGUR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LA PROVIDENCE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ST VAAST ROBERSART | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 14 | FRANÇOIS GERARD, MÉDECIN · PAULINE MOYNIEZ, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE FENART, MÉDECIN · JULIEN LEGRAND, MÉDECIN · ELISE BROUTAIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 14 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE ROYE · PHARMACIE CAMBIER · PHARMACIE PASQUIER | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | STADE CIBIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 5 | AGENCE WAMBRECHIES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · WAMBRECHIES · GDS FINANCES | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 11 | SALUT LES 60 · DELPHINI TIFS · REB' STYLE · BULLE D'HAIR | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | HÔTEL BERCAIL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 9,665 (2012) → 11,012 (2023): 13.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 8,250 (1990) → 11,012 (2023): 33.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 5,041, of which 0.8 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Wambrechies): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Wambrechies): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Wambrechies): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Wambrechies): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Wambrechies): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the ROUBAIX weather station, 9.3 km away at 30 m; the village itself is at 18 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 13.4 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LAMBERSART, 5.4 km away at 19 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59636/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59636/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59636/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59636/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 59636
- 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-Saulve | 59 | 50 km SE | 10,947 | 43.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-Boulogne | 62 | 100 km W | 10,888 | 47.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaux-le-Pénil | 77 | 242 km S | 11,474 | 43.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hœnheim | 67 | 409 km SE | 11,742 | 44 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Launaguet | 31 | 789 km S | 9,173 | 63.9 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-André-lez-Lille | 59 | 2.9 km S | 13,233 | 54.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-lez-Lille | 59 | 2.9 km S | 13,233 | 54.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Saulve | 59 | 50 km SE | 10,947 | 43.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-Boulogne | 62 | 100 km W | 10,888 | 47.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaux-le-Pénil | 77 | 242 km S | 11,474 | 43.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hœnheim | 67 | 409 km SE | 11,742 | 44 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Launaguet | 31 | 789 km S | 9,173 | 63.9 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 85 % · 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 Wambrechies'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-Saulve | 59 | 50 km SE | 10,947 | 43.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-André-lez-Lille | 59 | 2.9 km S | 13,233 | 54.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bihorel | 76 | 195 km SW | 8,316 | 66.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bois-Guillaume | 76 | 193 km SW | 14,539 | 55.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Mesnil-Esnard | 76 | 197 km SW | 8,177 | 56.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaucresson | 92 | 215 km S | 8,432 | 57.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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