Baincthun

Pas-de-Calais · CA du Boulonnais · INSEE 62075

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

Partly served 46.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Baincthun (INSEE 62075) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA du Boulonnais. Population 1,324 (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/62075-baincthun

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 12,520 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.54
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ESPRIT FIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (JL TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Restaurant (L'AQUILON · PHIL'OPALE · COOL K'CAHUETE · 2XL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE L'UNION). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU CENTRE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HERVE ROYER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (DUO D'ART). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	ESPRIT FIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	JL TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BDISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	L'AQUILON · PHIL'OPALE · COOL K'CAHUETE · 2XL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE L'UNION	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	HERVE ROYER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	DUO D'ART	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 1,082 peak 2007: 1,364 2023: 1,324 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,330 (2012) → 1,324 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,147 (1990) → 1,324 (2023): 15.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 569, of which 3.5 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.7 km NWPharmacy — 3.0 km NE 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 (Baincthun): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Baincthun): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Pharmacy (La Capelle-lès-Boulogne): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 17.1▸

Muggy days a summer 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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BOULOGNE-SEM weather station, 6.4 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 36 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BOULOGNE-SEM, 6.4 km away at 73 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 846 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOULOGNE-SEM, 6.4 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62075/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62075/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62075/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62075/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62075
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62908
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
Viré	71	528 km SE	1,225	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Busnes	62	61 km E	1,243	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Baye	29	497 km SW	1,369	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Aiglun	04	813 km SE	1,399	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Cesny-les-Sources	14	242 km SW	1,411	44.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Balleroy-sur-Drôme	14	248 km SW	1,303	51.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Busnes	62	61 km E	1,243	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Cesny-les-Sources	14	242 km SW	1,411	44.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Balleroy-sur-Drôme	14	248 km SW	1,303	51.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Baye	29	497 km SW	1,369	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Viré	71	528 km SE	1,225	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Aiglun	04	813 km SE	1,399	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · 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 Baincthun'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
Baye	29	497 km SW	1,369	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Cavan	22	427 km SW	1,571	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Trévières	14	242 km SW	925	73.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bourseul	22	377 km SW	1,277	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Cléden-Poher	29	474 km SW	1,130	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bavinchove	59	55 km E	1,045	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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