Achicourt

Pas-de-Calais · CU d'Arras · INSEE 62004

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

Partly served 53.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Achicourt (INSEE 62004) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CU d'Arras. Population 7,873 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). ^[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/62004-achicourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 3,090 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	0.52	25	13.03
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.58	10	5.8
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.49	10	4.89
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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”.

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

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE NICOLE · BPJL · LILI BONBONS). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (HENRI BOUCHER). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · THEMIS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE ROI DE LA FRITE · MICK ARRAS · ARMANA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE DEAUVILLE · AZADI). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE L SEDAR SENGHOR). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LEOPOLD BERNARD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'APPLICATION MACE-PREVERT). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ADAM DE LA HALLE). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DIDIER PUCHOIS, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE SPYCHALA, MÉDECIN · ANNE-FRANCE BOUVET, MÉDECIN · ALAIN ANDRZEJEWSKI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES QUATRE AS · PHARMACIE WELLINGTON · PHARMACIE FLIPPE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (STADE CAMPHIN · COMPLEXE SPORTIF LEO LAGRANGE · SALLE DES SPORTS ADAM DE LA HALLE). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL D'ACHICOURT · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE · BNP PARIBAS). ^[3]

10 × Hairdresser (CRIS HAIRCUT). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	6	BOULANGERIE NICOLE · BPJL · LILI BONBONS	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	HENRI BOUCHER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	ALDI MARCHE · THEMIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LE ROI DE LA FRITE · MICK ARRAS · ARMANA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE DEAUVILLE · AZADI	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE L SEDAR SENGHOR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LEOPOLD BERNARD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'APPLICATION MACE-PREVERT	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ADAM DE LA HALLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	DIDIER PUCHOIS, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE SPYCHALA, MÉDECIN · ANNE-FRANCE BOUVET, MÉDECIN · ALAIN ANDRZEJEWSKI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	3	PHARMACIE DES QUATRE AS · PHARMACIE WELLINGTON · PHARMACIE FLIPPE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	STADE CAMPHIN · COMPLEXE SPORTIF LEO LAGRANGE · SALLE DES SPORTS ADAM DE LA HALLE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL D'ACHICOURT · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE · BNP PARIBAS	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	10	CRIS HAIRCUT	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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

1968: 5,188 peak 1990: 7,959 2023: 7,873 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,954 (2012) → 7,873 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 7,959 (1990) → 7,873 (2023): -1.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,953, of which 0.8 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.8 km EGP — 1.0 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 (Achicourt): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Achicourt): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Achicourt): 1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Achicourt): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Achicourt): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.8

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ARRAS weather station, 8.2 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ARRAS, 8.2 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 674 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ARRAS, 8.2 km away at 74 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 — 62004/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62004/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62004/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62004/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62004
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
Billy-Montigny	62	19 km NE	7,937	68.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vaujours	93	150 km S	8,007	60.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Villars	42	547 km S	7,664	59	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Seyssins	38	609 km S	8,092	59.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil	91	185 km S	7,469	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Harfleur	76	202 km SW	8,289	58	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Billy-Montigny	62	19 km NE	7,937	68.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vaujours	93	150 km S	8,007	60.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil	91	185 km S	7,469	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Harfleur	76	202 km SW	8,289	58	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Villars	42	547 km S	7,664	59	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Seyssins	38	609 km S	8,092	59.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Achicourt'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
Billy-Montigny	62	19 km NE	7,937	68.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Louveciennes	78	164 km S	7,990	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rouvroy	62	17 km NE	8,552	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes	59	55 km E	7,080	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Beuvrages	59	55 km E	6,796	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sallaumines	62	18 km NE	9,414	63.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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