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Baralle

Pas-de-Calais · CC Osartis Marquion · INSEE 62081

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

Few services 39.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Baralle (INSEE 62081) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC Osartis Marquion. Population 434 (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/62081-baralle

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 17,940 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.29257.21
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0.5105
Public & culture050
Population trend0.43104.27
Housing mix0.9554.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 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 2 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]

2 × Supermarket (SA ABRICOT · ACTION). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AXEL VIRAPIN, MÉDECIN · THIBAUT DESCAMPS, MÉDECIN · ANNE PAGNIEN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS DEBOMY, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE VIVIER, MÉDECIN). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (TURQUOISE · MISS T'HAIR · VALENTIN COIFFURE). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket2SA ABRICOT · ACTIONINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)7AXEL VIRAPIN, MÉDECIN · THIBAUT DESCAMPS, MÉDECIN · ANNE PAGNIEN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS DEBOMY, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE VIVIER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3TURQUOISE · MISS T'HAIR · VALENTIN COIFFUREINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 491 2023: 434 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 473 (2012) → 434 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 468 (1990) → 434 (2023): -7.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 211, of which 2.4 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.6 km NE (Baralle)GP — 0.9 km NE (Baralle)Pharmacy — 2.0 km E (Marquion)Bakery — 2.6 km E (Marquion)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.6 km NEGP — 0.9 km NEPharmacy — 2.0 km EBakery — 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 (Marquion): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Baralle): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Baralle): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Marquion): 2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Baralle): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CAMBRAI-EPINOY weather station, 7.7 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 53 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at CAMBRAI-EPINOY, 7.7 km away at 76 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 736 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 5.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MARQUION, 2.3 km away at 63 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62081/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62081/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62081/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62081/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62559
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62081
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cléry-sur-Somme8031 km SW51630Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pardies-Piétat64819 km S43428.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Halloy60101 km SW43826.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rustice31724 km S43927.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 8 % · winter 88 %
Savonnières-devant-Bar55223 km SE43026.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Iville27192 km SW42626.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cléry-sur-Somme8031 km SW51630Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Halloy60101 km SW43826.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Iville27192 km SW42626.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Savonnières-devant-Bar55223 km SE43026.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rustice31724 km S43927.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 8 % · winter 88 %
Pardies-Piétat64819 km S43428.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Baralle'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cléry-sur-Somme8031 km SW51630Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Halloy60101 km SW43826.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Roye-sur-Matz6072 km S44829.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-lès-Longuyon54192 km SE41229.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Hémévillers6088 km S46330.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Grand-Fayt5954 km E47341.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %