Wicres

Nord · Métropole Européenne de Lille · INSEE 59658

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

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wicres (INSEE 59658) is in Nord (59), part of Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population 581 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/59658-wicres

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,255 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CAMIGO). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	1	CAMIGO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA LIBAUDE	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 303 2023: 581 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 410 (2012) → 581 (2023): 41.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 326 (1990) → 581 (2023): 78.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 223, of which 0.4 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.1 km NWGP — 1.2 km NWPharmacy — 1.4 km NW 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 (Wicres): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Herlies): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Herlies): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Herlies): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.5

Days at or below 0 °C 35.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LILLE-LESQUIN weather station, 16.2 km away at 47 m; the village itself is at 32 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 16.2 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at WAVRIN, 5.7 km away at 24 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 — 59658/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59658/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59658/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59658/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59658
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59303
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
Brevans	39	432 km SE	668	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Momères	65	849 km S	722	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Ramillies	59	49 km SE	579	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mondrainville	14	290 km SW	594	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Vœgtlinshoffen	68	428 km SE	479	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Salles-Adour	65	848 km S	568	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ramillies	59	49 km SE	579	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mondrainville	14	290 km SW	594	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Vœgtlinshoffen	68	428 km SE	479	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Brevans	39	432 km SE	668	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Salles-Adour	65	848 km S	568	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Momères	65	849 km S	722	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · 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 Wicres'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
Ramillies	59	49 km SE	579	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mondrainville	14	290 km SW	594	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sotteville-sous-le-Val	76	187 km SW	812	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Drouvin-le-Marais	62	19 km SW	622	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Périers-sur-le-Dan	14	272 km SW	587	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Giraumont	60	122 km S	518	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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