West-Cappel

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59657

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

Few services 37.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

West-Cappel (INSEE 59657) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 644 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 37.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 16,766 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.8	10	7.96
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 453 2023: 644 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 570 (2012) → 644 (2023): 13 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 497 (1990) → 644 (2023): 29.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 257, of which 1.2 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km NEGP — 2.5 km NEPharmacy — 2.5 km NEBakery — 2.6 km NE 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 (Rexpoëde): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rexpoëde): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rexpoëde): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Rexpoëde): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (West-Cappel): 0 km to the south-east (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 0.8

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. ^[10]

Measured at the STEENVOORDE weather station, 11.6 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 22 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 11.6 km away at 42 m, over 18 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, 6.2 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 — 59657/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59657/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59657/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59657/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59499
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59657
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
Goussonville	78	230 km S	650	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Labarde	33	697 km S	623	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Camps-sur-l'Isle	33	684 km S	621	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Baudre	50	327 km SW	613	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Beaulieu	38	673 km S	635	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Baneins	01	564 km S	621	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Goussonville	78	230 km S	650	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Baudre	50	327 km SW	613	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Baneins	01	564 km S	621	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 70 %
Beaulieu	38	673 km S	635	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Camps-sur-l'Isle	33	684 km S	621	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Labarde	33	697 km S	623	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 100 % · 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 West-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
Bovel	35	463 km SW	618	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Auchy-au-Bois	62	43 km S	548	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-l'Épine	50	321 km SW	555	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Coulomby	62	43 km SW	770	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Gratot	50	353 km SW	679	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Miannay	80	108 km SW	604	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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