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Wylder

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59665

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

Few services 23.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wylder (INSEE 59665) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 298 (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/59665-wylder

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,809 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.9108.99
Housing mix155

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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (MARGAUX COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]

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

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1MARGAUX COIFFURE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 197 peak 2012: 330 2023: 298 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 330 (2012) → 298 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 213 (1990) → 298 (2023): 39.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 114, of which 0 % second homes and 0.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.9 km NE (West-Cappel)Food shop — 3.0 km SW (Wormhout)GP — 3.2 km W (Wormhout)Bakery — 3.6 km SW (Wormhout)Pharmacy — 3.9 km SW (Wormhout)
Primary school — 1.9 km NEFood shop — 3.0 km SWGP — 3.2 km WBakery — 3.6 km SWPharmacy — 3.9 km SW 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 (Wormhout): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Wormhout): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Wormhout): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Wormhout): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (West-Cappel): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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, 10.6 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 14 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 10.6 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, 7.9 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59665/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59665/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59665/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59665/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59663
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59657
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Semondans25483 km SE30122.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Le Carlaret09866 km S29524.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Mazerulles54368 km SE28319.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Champvans-les-Moulins25477 km SE30922.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Dury6282 km SE30118.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pancré54272 km SE30720.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Dury6282 km SE30118.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pancré54272 km SE30720.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Mazerulles54368 km SE28319.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Champvans-les-Moulins25477 km SE30922.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Semondans25483 km SE30122.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Le Carlaret09866 km S29524.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · 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 Wylder'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cerisy-Buleux80117 km SW27818.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Erny-Saint-Julien6240 km SW33820.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Calleville-les-Deux-Églises76170 km SW32819.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Maizet14294 km SW36023.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Azincourt6256 km SW30220.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Nicorps50350 km SW35421.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %