Alette

Identity

Alette (INSEE 62021) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Haut Pays du Montreuillois. Population 365 (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/62021-alette

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 18,070 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.

Services

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA BIMOISE RPI 29). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE MARINA · L'INSTANT BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 380 (2012) → 365 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 260 (1990) → 365 (2023): 40.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 167, of which 9.6 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Montcavrel): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neuville-sous-Montreuil): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Neuville-sous-Montreuil): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Neuville-sous-Montreuil): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Alette): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DESVRES weather station, 13 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 37 m. ^[11]

The village sits 148 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DESVRES, 13 km away at 185 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 148 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,021 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ATTIN, 5.7 km away at 21 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62021/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62021/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62021/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62021/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62585
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62610
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62021
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024