Willems

Nord · Métropole Européenne de Lille · INSEE 59660

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

Partly served 59/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Willems (INSEE 59660) is in Nord (59), part of Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population 2,941 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/59660-willems

Vitality score

Vitality score 59/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 7,229 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.6	10	5.97
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE BRIDOUX · YOLO LE PAIN DU COIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (FRAPPART BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE-TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE COIN DU VRAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (ROMBAUT · ROTISSERIE VOREUX · FRITERIE MANU & STEPH). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA MAISON COMMUNE). ^[4]

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CONDORCET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANGÉLIQUE DUJARDIN-DUCATILLON, MÉDECIN · HÉLÈNE VILQUIN, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOISE TERRAZZONI, MÉDECIN · AURÉLIEN ALONSO, MÉDECIN · DAVID ESCALBERT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (INFLORESCENCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (WILLEMS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (PÔLE ECLAT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF LEO LAGRANGE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (SOCOIF · NEW LOOK BARBER). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE BRIDOUX · YOLO LE PAIN DU COIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	FRAPPART BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE-TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE COIN DU VRAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	ROMBAUT · ROTISSERIE VOREUX · FRITERIE MANU & STEPH	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA MAISON COMMUNE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE CONCORDE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CONDORCET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	ANGÉLIQUE DUJARDIN-DUCATILLON, MÉDECIN · HÉLÈNE VILQUIN, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOISE TERRAZZONI, MÉDECIN · AURÉLIEN ALONSO, MÉDECIN · DAVID ESCALBERT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	INFLORESCENCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	WILLEMS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	PÔLE ECLAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF LEO LAGRANGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	SOCOIF · NEW LOOK BARBER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 1,923 peak 2012: 3,045 2023: 2,941 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,045 (2012) → 2,941 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,681 (1990) → 2,941 (2023): 9.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,270, of which 0.4 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.7 km S 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 (Willems): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Willems): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Willems): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Baisieux): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Willems): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.6

Days at or below 0 °C 35.7

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROUBAIX weather station, 9.4 km away at 30 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LILLE-LESQUIN, 12.2 km away at 47 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 848 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROUBAIX, 9.4 km away at 30 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 — 59660/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59660/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59660/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59660/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59660
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59044
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
Thiant	59	39 km S	2,914	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chocques	62	48 km W	2,785	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Clément	89	268 km S	2,849	64.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Voujeaucourt	25	435 km SE	3,174	42.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt	41	367 km SW	3,180	52.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Froges	38	628 km S	3,285	45	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thiant	59	39 km S	2,914	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chocques	62	48 km W	2,785	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Clément	89	268 km S	2,849	64.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt	41	367 km SW	3,180	52.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Voujeaucourt	25	435 km SE	3,174	42.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Froges	38	628 km S	3,285	45	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 86 %

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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 Willems'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
Thiant	59	39 km S	2,914	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chocques	62	48 km W	2,785	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Tourville-la-Rivière	76	211 km SW	2,596	65.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Buchelay	78	215 km SW	3,360	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mard	77	182 km S	3,832	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Raimbeaucourt	59	24 km SW	4,000	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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