Zegerscappel

Nord · CC des Hauts de Flandre · INSEE 59666

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Zegerscappel (INSEE 59666) is in Nord (59), part of CC des Hauts de Flandre. Population 1,562 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/59666-zegerscappel

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 11,337 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.75	10	7.48
Housing mix	0.8	5	4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

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

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCIMARKET). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE ZEGERSCAPPEL 1 ER ÉTAGE DE LA MAIRIE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (AURELIE CAMPAGNIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DU GROENE VELD). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR CHEVALINE TALLEU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCIMARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 DOMINIQUE DONCRE	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	1	ZEGERSCAPPEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE ZEGERSCAPPEL 1 ER ÉTAGE DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	AURELIE CAMPAGNIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	DOMAINE DU GROENE VELD	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: 1,202 2023: 1,562 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,513 (2012) → 1,562 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,252 (1990) → 1,562 (2023): 24.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 710, of which 10 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.3 km EBakery — 3.3 km EPharmacy — 3.3 km E 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 (Esquelbecq): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Zegerscappel): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Esquelbecq): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Esquelbecq): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Zegerscappel): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.3

Days at or below 0 °C 39.8

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the WATTEN weather station, 13.5 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 26 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at STEENVOORDE, 14.4 km away at 42 m, over 18 summers. ^[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, 13.5 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 — 59666/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59666/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59666/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59666/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59666
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
La Houssaye-en-Brie	77	240 km S	1,731	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Névian	11	854 km S	1,286	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte	44	533 km SW	1,782	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cerelles	37	397 km S	1,252	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Creissan	34	837 km S	1,436	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Montpeyroux	34	804 km S	1,449	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Houssaye-en-Brie	77	240 km S	1,731	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Cerelles	37	397 km S	1,252	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte	44	533 km SW	1,782	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Montpeyroux	34	804 km S	1,449	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Creissan	34	837 km S	1,436	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Névian	11	854 km S	1,286	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Zegerscappel'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
Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte	44	533 km SW	1,782	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouën-des-Toits	53	387 km SW	1,785	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Galluis	78	236 km S	1,298	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Orvilliers	78	232 km S	925	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Beignon	56	462 km SW	1,944	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Arnouville-lès-Mantes	78	225 km S	951	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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