Wulverdinghe

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59664

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

Few services 24.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wulverdinghe (INSEE 59664) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 334 (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/59664-wulverdinghe

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 18,024 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.97	10	9.71
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (VOTRE JOUR, VOTRE EVENEMENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA CABARETTE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 232 2023: 334 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 313 (2012) → 334 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 227 (1990) → 334 (2023): 47.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 143, of which 3.5 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.7 km NPrimary school — 2.7 km NFood shop — 3.0 km WGP — 3.0 km WPharmacy — 3.1 km W 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 (Millam): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Watten): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Watten): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Watten): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Millam): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.2

Days at or below 0 °C 43.1

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 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the WATTEN weather station, 3 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 63 m. ^[10]

The village sits 56 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

An average of 838 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at WATTEN, 3 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 — 59664/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59664/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59664/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59664/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59402
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59647
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
Erny-Saint-Julien	62	27 km S	338	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Velle-sur-Moselle	54	386 km SE	327	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 76 %
Colombiers	61	307 km SW	336	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 100 %
Cazaux-Savès	32	816 km S	326	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 65 %
Bettignies	59	133 km SE	343	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Calleville-les-Deux-Églises	76	153 km SW	328	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Erny-Saint-Julien	62	27 km S	338	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Bettignies	59	133 km SE	343	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Calleville-les-Deux-Églises	76	153 km SW	328	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Colombiers	61	307 km SW	336	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 100 %
Velle-sur-Moselle	54	386 km SE	327	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 76 %
Cazaux-Savès	32	816 km S	326	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 65 %

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