Auchy-au-Bois

Identity

Auchy-au-Bois (INSEE 62049) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 548 (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/62049-auchy-au-bois

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,507 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (EI HULEUX LAETITIA · ROTISSERIE DE LA LACQUETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BRUNEHAUT). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DU VERT BOCAGE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 471 (2012) → 548 (2023): 16.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 387 (1990) → 548 (2023): 41.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 233, of which 2.1 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Norrent-Fontes): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Westrehem): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ligny-lès-Aire): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Norrent-Fontes): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Auchy-au-Bois): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FIEFS weather station, 6.3 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 78 m. ^[12]

The village sits 102 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 9.4 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 59 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,097 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FIEFS, 6.3 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62049/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62049/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62049/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62049/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62620
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62885
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62512
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62049
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024