Wemaers-Cappel

Nord · CA Coeur de Flandre · INSEE 59655

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

Few services 28.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wemaers-Cappel (INSEE 59655) is in Nord (59), part of CA Coeur de Flandre. Population 225 (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/59655-wemaers-cappel

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 16,694 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.71	10	7.1
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 (PIZZA DES FLANDRES). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI 20). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 20). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	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	PIZZA DES FLANDRES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI 20	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 20	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 255 2023: 225 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 249 (2012) → 225 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 186 (1990) → 225 (2023): 21 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 92, of which 3.3 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.6 km SEBakery — 2.7 km SEFood shop — 2.8 km SEPharmacy — 3.5 km E 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 (Oxelaëre): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bavinchove): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bavinchove): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cassel): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Wemaers-Cappel): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

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 0.8

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 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, 9.5 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 35 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 9.5 km away at 42 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at STEENVOORDE, 9.5 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59655/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59655/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59655/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59655/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59454
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59135
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59655
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
Hodent	95	191 km S	225	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Bullecourt	62	77 km SE	225	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Hibarette	65	869 km S	232	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Trocy-en-Multien	77	200 km S	233	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Villemereuil	10	313 km SE	236	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Angos	65	864 km S	230	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bullecourt	62	77 km SE	225	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Hodent	95	191 km S	225	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Trocy-en-Multien	77	200 km S	233	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Villemereuil	10	313 km SE	236	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Angos	65	864 km S	230	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Hibarette	65	869 km S	232	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · 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 Wemaers-Cappel'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
Humières	62	50 km S	218	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Wacquinghen	62	54 km W	259	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Clais	76	131 km SW	264	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Hubersent	62	56 km SW	272	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ergny	62	41 km SW	230	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Eaulne	76	133 km SW	229	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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