Auchel

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62048

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

Partly served 53.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Auchel (INSEE 62048) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 10,051 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[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/62048-auchel

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 2,435 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	0.38	25	9.52
Social	0.81	20	16.28
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.47	10	4.72
Public & culture	0.17	5	0.85
Population trend	0.35	10	3.51
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

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 2 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) (LE FOURNIL · SALOMEZ · CHEZ VINCIANE ET THIBAUT · SABINE ET BRUNO · LE FOURNIL AUCHELLOIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ AURELIEN · BOUCHERIE DERENTY). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ARTOIS MARKET · AS GROUPE). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (TRAFINTER · CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

17 × Restaurant (AU P'TIT GRIS AUCHELLOIS · LA GRANGE DU CH'TI · MC DONALD'S · MARMARIS 2 · MANOIR DES LYS). ^[3,4]

11 × Café / bar (BUVETTE DU BOIS DE ST PIERRE · AU SPORT · CHEZ FAB · LE BRAZZA · LE NEW'S BAR). ^[4]

4 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE CANTAL · ECOLE MATERNELLE VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE MATERNELLE LES CEDRES · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

6 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANATOLE FRANCE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDMOND MICHELET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE VICTOR HUGO). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE SEVIGNE · COLLEGE LAVOISIER). ^[3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CONSTANCE LECOCQ, MÉDECIN · PASCAL DELATTRE, MÉDECIN · YVES JACQUOT, MÉDECIN · GREGORY LEFEBVRE, MÉDECIN · PATRICK EVRARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BOURLARD · PHARMACIE SAINT PIERRE · PHARMACIE FISCHER). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (AUCHEL COCCINELLE EXPRESS RP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Cinema (CINE THEATRE LOUIS ARAGON). ^[3]

5 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE BASLY · COMPLEXE JACQUES SECRETIN · COMPLEXE MICHEL BERNARD · SALLE ROGER COUDERC · COMPLEXE HERVE BEAUGRAND). ^[3]

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

16 × Hairdresser (A-L COIFFE A DOMICILE · EL'COIFF · OMBELINE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 4 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	6	LE FOURNIL · SALOMEZ · CHEZ VINCIANE ET THIBAUT · SABINE ET BRUNO · LE FOURNIL AUCHELLOIS	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	CHEZ AURELIEN · BOUCHERIE DERENTY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	ARTOIS MARKET · AS GROUPE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	TRAFINTER · CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	17	AU P'TIT GRIS AUCHELLOIS · LA GRANGE DU CH'TI · MC DONALD'S · MARMARIS 2 · MANOIR DES LYS	INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4]
Café / bar	11	BUVETTE DU BOIS DE ST PIERRE · AU SPORT · CHEZ FAB · LE BRAZZA · LE NEW'S BAR	INSEE SIRENE 11 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	4	ECOLE MATERNELLE CANTAL · ECOLE MATERNELLE VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE MATERNELLE LES CEDRES · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	6	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANATOLE FRANCE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDMOND MICHELET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE VICTOR HUGO	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE SEVIGNE · COLLEGE LAVOISIER	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	8	CONSTANCE LECOCQ, MÉDECIN · PASCAL DELATTRE, MÉDECIN · YVES JACQUOT, MÉDECIN · GREGORY LEFEBVRE, MÉDECIN · PATRICK EVRARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy	3	PHARMACIE BOURLARD · PHARMACIE SAINT PIERRE · PHARMACIE FISCHER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	AUCHEL COCCINELLE EXPRESS RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RENÉ GOSCINNY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	CINE THEATRE LOUIS ARAGON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	5	COMPLEXE BASLY · COMPLEXE JACQUES SECRETIN · COMPLEXE MICHEL BERNARD · SALLE ROGER COUDERC · COMPLEXE HERVE BEAUGRAND	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL AUCHEL · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE D'AUCHEL · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	16	A-L COIFFE A DOMICILE · EL'COIFF · OMBELINE	INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [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: 14,091 2023: 10,051 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 10,991 (2012) → 10,051 (2023): -8.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 11,813 (1990) → 10,051 (2023): -14.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,953, of which 0.5 % second homes and 13.7 % 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 (Auchel): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Auchel): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Auchel): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Auchel): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Auchel): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.8

Days at or below 0 °C 43.7

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LILLERS weather station, 8.7 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 99 m. ^[9]

The village sits 80 m above 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 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 8.7 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 80 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[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, 8.7 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 — 62048/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62048/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62048/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62048/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62048
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
Aniche	59	59 km E	9,963	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Jeumont	59	118 km E	10,160	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 %
Chambly	60	150 km S	9,959	69.5	Served	no figures
Courrières	62	34 km E	10,176	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Soyaux	16	566 km S	10,087	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Oignies	62	37 km E	10,323	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Courrières	62	34 km E	10,176	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Oignies	62	37 km E	10,323	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Aniche	59	59 km E	9,963	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Jeumont	59	118 km E	10,160	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 %
Chambly	60	150 km S	9,959	69.5	Served	no figures
Soyaux	16	566 km S	10,087	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Auchel'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
Aniche	59	59 km E	9,963	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Rheu	35	408 km SW	9,839	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Albert	80	57 km S	9,521	74.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Condé-sur-l'Escaut	59	80 km E	9,253	61.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chantilly	60	146 km S	10,591	60.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Fourmies	59	125 km SE	11,449	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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