Zuydcoote

Nord · CU de Dunkerque · INSEE 59668

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

Partly served 51.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Zuydcoote (INSEE 59668) is in Nord (59), part of CU de Dunkerque. Population 1,630 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 51.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 11,032 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	0.78	20	15.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.51	10	5.08
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES GOURMANDISES DE LILI · LA BOULANGERIE DU VILLAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (DEBRUYNE EDGARD). ^[3,4]

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

5 × Restaurant (AU JOYEUX RETOUR DES PECHEURS · LE GALION · LA GRANDE MAREE · LA CABANE AUX DELICES · FROM NOTHING). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VINCENT VERHEYDE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MESUROLLE CAFFIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Gym / sports hall (HOPITAL MARITIME · ESPACE ROBERT MERLE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (PASSION COIFFURE BY LEA · L ESPRIT DANS L HAIR). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING DE L'ESTRAN · CAMPING ZUYDCOOTE BEACH). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LES GOURMANDISES DE LILI · LA BOULANGERIE DU VILLAGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	DEBRUYNE EDGARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	KOTJE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	AU JOYEUX RETOUR DES PECHEURS · LE GALION · LA GRANDE MAREE · LA CABANE AUX DELICES · FROM NOTHING	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	VINCENT VERHEYDE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE MESUROLLE CAFFIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	HOPITAL MARITIME · ESPACE ROBERT MERLE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	PASSION COIFFURE BY LEA · L ESPRIT DANS L HAIR	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	2	CAMPING DE L'ESTRAN · CAMPING ZUYDCOOTE BEACH	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,029 peak 2012: 1,727 2023: 1,630 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,727 (2012) → 1,630 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,617 (1990) → 1,630 (2023): 0.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 739, of which 13.5 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Zuydcoote): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Zuydcoote): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Zuydcoote): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 15.2▸

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the DUNKERQUE weather station, 10.7 km away at 11 m; the village itself is at 3 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at DUNKERQUE, 10.7 km away at 11 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 702 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at DUNKERQUE, 10.7 km away at 11 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

71 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 237,990 € — 2,373 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

22 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 181,905 € — 3,174 € per m². ^[10]

The median across Nord is 1,802 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59668/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59668/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59668/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59668/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59668
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Yèvres	28	331 km S	1,677	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Mur-de-Sologne	41	411 km S	1,518	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
La Sauve	33	730 km S	1,589	58.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Brûlon	72	396 km SW	1,549	60.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Lachapelle-aux-Pots	60	185 km S	1,512	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle	63	581 km S	1,746	56.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 4 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lachapelle-aux-Pots	60	185 km S	1,512	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Yèvres	28	331 km S	1,677	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Brûlon	72	396 km SW	1,549	60.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Mur-de-Sologne	41	411 km S	1,518	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle	63	581 km S	1,746	56.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 4 % · humidity 86 %
La Sauve	33	730 km S	1,589	58.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Zuydcoote'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
Javron-les-Chapelles	53	358 km SW	1,314	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Gavray-sur-Sienne	50	364 km SW	2,047	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Canisy	50	342 km SW	1,707	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine	35	422 km SW	1,664	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Capelle-lès-Boulogne	62	66 km SW	1,551	56.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lanrivoaré	29	587 km SW	1,551	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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