Balinghem

Pas-de-Calais · CC Pays d'Opale · INSEE 62078

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 29.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Balinghem (INSEE 62078) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC Pays d'Opale. Population 1,220 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 13,109 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	25	0
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3]

3 × Restaurant (NGUYEN TRI TUONG CHRISTINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU CAMP DU DRAP D'OR RPI 134). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SI BELLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LA SOURCE · LA PAILLOTE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Restaurant	3	NGUYEN TRI TUONG CHRISTINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU CAMP DU DRAP D'OR RPI 134	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	SI BELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LA SOURCE · LA PAILLOTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 525 2023: 1,220 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,169 (2012) → 1,220 (2023): 4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 763 (1990) → 1,220 (2023): 59.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 561, of which 14.1 % second homes and 2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.3 km NWBakery — 2.0 km NWFood shop — 2.3 km EPharmacy — 2.6 km E 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 (Andres): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ardres): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Andres): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ardres): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Balinghem): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.9

Days at or below 0 °C 42.8

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LICQUES weather station, 8.4 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[11]

The village sits 66 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CALAIS-MARCK, 11 km away at 2 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,132 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LICQUES, 8.4 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62078/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62078/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62078/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62078/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62078
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
Brêmes	62	1.3 km SE	1,324	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Apach	57	352 km SE	1,072	24.6	Few services	no figures
Saint-Germain-sur-Avre	27	238 km S	1,195	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 80 %
Longèves	85	528 km SW	1,369	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Durrenentzen	68	505 km SE	1,062	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Béard-Géovreissiat	01	583 km SE	1,048	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brêmes	62	1.3 km SE	1,324	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Avre	27	238 km S	1,195	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 80 %
Apach	57	352 km SE	1,072	24.6	Few services	no figures
Durrenentzen	68	505 km SE	1,062	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Longèves	85	528 km SW	1,369	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Béard-Géovreissiat	01	583 km SE	1,048	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 27 % · 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 Balinghem'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
Brêmes	62	1.3 km SE	1,324	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Heiligenstein	67	480 km SE	925	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gervais	95	189 km S	878	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mittelbergheim	67	482 km SE	593	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Vimont	14	247 km SW	887	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Barembach	67	464 km SE	810	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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