Isbergues
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 64.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Isbergues (INSEE 62473) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 8,650 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/62473-isbergues
Vitality score
Vitality score 64.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 84 % of the 2,832 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 | 0.57 | 25 | 14.15 |
| Social | 0.8 | 20 | 16.08 |
| Education | 0.78 | 10 | 7.77 |
| Health | 0.72 | 10 | 7.23 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.33 | 10 | 3.32 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.88 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (HISTOIRE DE GOUT · AUX GOURMANDISES DE MARIE · BOULANGERIE DUPLOUY · LES DELICES D'ESTELLE). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE THOMAS). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SERVICE · LA TABLE FERMIERE · MARKET CITY IS). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (ROYAL PIZZA · LA PLAZZA · LA PETITE FRINGALE · O' WAGON · CHEZ FLO). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (LE VINCENNES · L'IMPREVU · AU KIOSQUE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DU CENTRE). [3]
6 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DANTON JAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES FERRY - LES SABLONS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FRANCIS BILLIAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUIS PASTEUR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE CARNOT). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE MAURICE PIQUET). [3]
10 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GILLES DUPARCQ, MÉDECIN · THIERRY HAUTCOEUR, MÉDECIN · PATRICE FAVIER, MÉDECIN · VALERIE FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE WOCH, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES ACIERIES · PHARMACIE DE BERGUETTE · PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CENTRE CULTUREL). [3]
4 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE JAURES · SALLE DE SPORT PLATEAU EPS COLLEGE MAURICE · COMPLEXE EDMOND MILLE BERGUETTE · COMPLEXE BASLY). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE ISBERGUES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE). [3]
7 × Hairdresser (CLAIRE COIFFURE · ESPACE COIFFURE · SAGA COIFFURE · CHRISTOPHER BLOCQUEL COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HISTOIRE DE BISTROT). [3]
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) | 6 | HISTOIRE DE GOUT · AUX GOURMANDISES DE MARIE · BOULANGERIE DUPLOUY · LES DELICES D'ESTELLE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | BOUCHERIE THOMAS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | PROXI SERVICE · LA TABLE FERMIERE · MARKET CITY IS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR MARKET | 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 | 9 | ROYAL PIZZA · LA PLAZZA · LA PETITE FRINGALE · O' WAGON · CHEZ FLO | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | LE VINCENNES · L'IMPREVU · AU KIOSQUE | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE DU CENTRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 6 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DANTON JAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES FERRY - LES SABLONS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FRANCIS BILLIAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUIS PASTEUR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE CARNOT | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE MAURICE PIQUET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 10 | GILLES DUPARCQ, MÉDECIN · THIERRY HAUTCOEUR, MÉDECIN · PATRICE FAVIER, MÉDECIN · VALERIE FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE WOCH, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE DES ACIERIES · PHARMACIE DE BERGUETTE · PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CENTRE CULTUREL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 4 | COMPLEXE JAURES · SALLE DE SPORT PLATEAU EPS COLLEGE MAURICE · COMPLEXE EDMOND MILLE BERGUETTE · COMPLEXE BASLY | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE ISBERGUES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 7 | CLAIRE COIFFURE · ESPACE COIFFURE · SAGA COIFFURE · CHRISTOPHER BLOCQUEL COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | HISTOIRE DE BISTROT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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
Population 9,119 (2012) → 8,650 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 10,395 (1990) → 8,650 (2023): -16.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,290, of which 1.2 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Isbergues): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Isbergues): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Isbergues): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Isbergues): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Isbergues): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LILLERS weather station, 4.7 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 19 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LILLERS, 4.7 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. [9]
An average of 691 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LILLERS, 4.7 km away at 19 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62473/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62473/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62473/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62473/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62473
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janzé | 35 | 413 km SW | 8,649 | 69.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vif | 38 | 663 km S | 8,530 | 63.7 | Served | no figures |
| Coutras | 33 | 650 km S | 8,678 | 63.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 % |
| Hirson | 02 | 139 km SE | 8,469 | 66.2 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Venelles | 13 | 813 km S | 8,418 | 73.8 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Privas | 07 | 673 km S | 8,538 | 73.2 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hirson | 02 | 139 km SE | 8,469 | 66.2 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Janzé | 35 | 413 km SW | 8,649 | 69.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coutras | 33 | 650 km S | 8,678 | 63.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 % |
| Vif | 38 | 663 km S | 8,530 | 63.7 | Served | no figures |
| Privas | 07 | 673 km S | 8,538 | 73.2 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Venelles | 13 | 813 km S | 8,418 | 73.8 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Isbergues'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janzé | 35 | 413 km SW | 8,649 | 69.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Liffré | 35 | 393 km SW | 9,339 | 68.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mordelles | 35 | 422 km SW | 7,911 | 63.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aire-sur-la-Lys | 62 | 5.7 km NW | 9,598 | 67.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| L'Aigle | 61 | 245 km SW | 7,663 | 67.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Loudéac | 22 | 465 km SW | 9,987 | 72.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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