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Bavincourt

Pas-de-Calais · CC des Campagnes de l'Artois · INSEE 62086

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

Few services 30.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bavincourt (INSEE 62086) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC des Campagnes de l'Artois. Population 417 (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/62086-bavincourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,988 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.68106.81
Housing mix0.9854.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA GARE). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 28). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BAVINCOURT L ARBRET AU PANIER FL RP). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (AURORE COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1CAFE DE LA GAREINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 28INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1BAVINCOURT L ARBRET AU PANIER FL RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1AURORE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 403 2023: 417 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 382 (2012) → 417 (2023): 9.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 353 (1990) → 417 (2023): 18.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 169, of which 1.2 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.6 km W (Saulty)Food shop — 4.7 km S (Humbercamps)GP — 6.1 km N (Avesnes-le-Comte)Pharmacy — 6.4 km NW (Avesnes-le-Comte)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km WFood shop — 4.7 km SGP — 6.1 km NPharmacy — 6.4 km NW 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 (Saulty): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Humbercamps): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Avesnes-le-Comte): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Avesnes-le-Comte): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Bavincourt): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the SAULTY weather station, 3.3 km away at 174 m; the village itself is at 149 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at SAULTY, 3.3 km away at 174 m, over 29 summers. [12]

An average of 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at SAULTY, 3.3 km away at 174 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 — 62086/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62086/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62086/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62086/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62784
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62465
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62063
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62086
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Corberon21400 km SE42536.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Escou64818 km S42932.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 21 %
Martainneville8066 km W41031Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bacouël6068 km S47731.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Maurupt-le-Montois51233 km SE51126.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Any-Martin-Rieux02124 km E45626.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Martainneville8066 km W41031Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bacouël6068 km S47731.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Any-Martin-Rieux02124 km E45626.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 57 %
Maurupt-le-Montois51233 km SE51126.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Corberon21400 km SE42536.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Escou64818 km S42932.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Bavincourt'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
Martainneville8066 km W41031Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cesny-aux-Vignes14231 km SW42123.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lagny6073 km S52429Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-lès-Longuyon54225 km E41229.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lindebeuf76132 km SW38631.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Beutin6267 km NW43624.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %