Ardres
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 62.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ardres (INSEE 62038) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC Pays d'Opale. Population 4,389 (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/62038-ardres
Vitality score
Vitality score 62.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 87 % of the 5,214 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 | 0.58 | 25 | 14.49 |
| Social | 0.87 | 20 | 17.38 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.11 | 5 | 0.55 |
| Population trend | 0.62 | 10 | 6.15 |
| Housing mix | 0.89 | 5 | 4.43 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX MILLE ET UN DELICES · CHEZ CORALIE ET VINCENT · LA FABRIQUE A GATEAUX DE DOROTHEE · LES CARESSES SUCREES · AUX SAVEURS DE CHARLIE). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON DEBUISSY). [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AGROM · LA FINE BOUCHE · COCCIMARKET · TF MARKET). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
13 × Restaurant (LA FERME DU PONT TROUE · LA FREGATE · LE GUEUX · LE COSY COZA). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar (610BAR · CAFE DU COMMERCE · CHEZ FANNY · L'AMPELIA · BRUMES D'ASGARD). [4]
2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE CHARLES PERRAULT · ECOLE MATERNELLE ANDRE PRUVOT). [3]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANNE FRANK · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE N D DE GRACE). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE DE L'EUROPE · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE-DAME DE GRACE). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALERIE LABBE, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS LEFEBVRE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-LUC BERNACKI, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER VANBAELINGHEM, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE TRESSENS · PHARMACIE DU LAC). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF BOIS EN ARDRES · COMPLEXE SPORTIF ALBERT LOQUET). [3]
6 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL ARDRES · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE ARDRES · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE). [3]
10 × Hairdresser (SALON FLORENCE DUBROEUCQ · LE STUDIO · SALON DU LAC · SANDRA COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
4 × Campsite (CAMPING FERME DU PONT TROUE · CAMPING LA CAUCHOISE · LE VIVIER · CAMPING ARDRESIEN). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Fishmonger, 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 3 × Hairdresser, 2 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Library. [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 5 | AUX MILLE ET UN DELICES · CHEZ CORALIE ET VINCENT · LA FABRIQUE A GATEAUX DE DOROTHEE · LES CARESSES SUCREES · AUX SAVEURS DE CHARLIE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | MAISON DEBUISSY | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | AGROM · LA FINE BOUCHE · COCCIMARKET · TF MARKET | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | CARREFOUR MARKET | 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] | |
| Restaurant | 13 | LA FERME DU PONT TROUE · LA FREGATE · LE GUEUX · LE COSY COZA | INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | 610BAR · CAFE DU COMMERCE · CHEZ FANNY · L'AMPELIA · BRUMES D'ASGARD | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 2 | ECOLE MATERNELLE CHARLES PERRAULT · ECOLE MATERNELLE ANDRE PRUVOT | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANNE FRANK · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE N D DE GRACE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE DE L'EUROPE · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE-DAME DE GRACE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | VALERIE LABBE, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS LEFEBVRE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-LUC BERNACKI, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER VANBAELINGHEM, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE TRESSENS · PHARMACIE DU LAC | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF BOIS EN ARDRES · COMPLEXE SPORTIF ALBERT LOQUET | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 6 | CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL ARDRES · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE ARDRES · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 10 | SALON FLORENCE DUBROEUCQ · LE STUDIO · SALON DU LAC · SANDRA COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [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 | 4 | CAMPING FERME DU PONT TROUE · CAMPING LA CAUCHOISE · LE VIVIER · CAMPING ARDRESIEN | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 4,268 (2012) → 4,389 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,936 (1990) → 4,389 (2023): 11.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,158, of which 5.7 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Ardres): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ardres): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Ardres): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Ardres): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Ardres): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LICQUES weather station, 8 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 19 m. [9]
The village sits 54 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at CALAIS-MARCK, 11.9 km away at 2 m, over 29 summers. [9]
An average of 1,132 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LICQUES, 8 km away at 73 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 — 62038/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62038/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62038/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62038/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62038
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pineuilh | 33 | 682 km S | 4,490 | 48.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 96 % |
| Sauvian | 34 | 846 km S | 5,608 | 52.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 70 % · humidity 14 % |
| Garéoult | 83 | 891 km S | 5,835 | 57.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Revin | 08 | 214 km SE | 5,716 | 48.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Milly-la-Forêt | 91 | 275 km S | 4,562 | 62.2 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Maintenon | 28 | 254 km S | 4,494 | 51.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revin | 08 | 214 km SE | 5,716 | 48.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maintenon | 28 | 254 km S | 4,494 | 51.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Milly-la-Forêt | 91 | 275 km S | 4,562 | 62.2 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pineuilh | 33 | 682 km S | 4,490 | 48.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 96 % |
| Sauvian | 34 | 846 km S | 5,608 | 52.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 70 % · humidity 14 % |
| Garéoult | 83 | 891 km S | 5,835 | 57.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · 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 Ardres'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ham | 80 | 145 km SE | 4,378 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Locminé | 56 | 480 km SW | 4,773 | 61.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Quesnoy | 59 | 135 km SE | 4,878 | 61 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pacy-sur-Eure | 27 | 209 km S | 5,027 | 66.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-d'Uriage | 38 | 696 km SE | 5,587 | 66.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pleumeleuc | 35 | 409 km SW | 3,543 | 47.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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