Bléquin

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Pays de Lumbres · INSEE 62140

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

Few services 22.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bléquin (INSEE 62140) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Pays de Lumbres. Population 490 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 17,833 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.83	10	8.32
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 130). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 130	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 471 peak 2017: 519 2023: 490 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 480 (2012) → 490 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 368 (1990) → 490 (2023): 33.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 201, of which 3 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.2 km EGP — 3.3 km EFood shop — 4.1 km EPharmacy — 10.5 km SE 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 (Nielles-lès-Bléquin): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nielles-lès-Bléquin): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Nielles-lès-Bléquin): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fauquembergues): 10.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bléquin): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.2

Days at or below 0 °C 28.7

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC weather station, 5.3 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 118 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DESVRES, 12.1 km away at 185 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 67 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC, 5.3 km away at 145 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 — 62140/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62140/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62140/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62140/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62613
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62325
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62140
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
Boisseaux	45	268 km S	492	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 64 %
Appilly	60	145 km SE	498	18.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Cuq	81	780 km S	482	20.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Bourdainville	76	133 km SW	479	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Épaney	14	245 km SW	488	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Franchevelle	70	459 km SE	491	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bourdainville	76	133 km SW	479	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Appilly	60	145 km SE	498	18.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Épaney	14	245 km SW	488	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Boisseaux	45	268 km S	492	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 64 %
Franchevelle	70	459 km SE	491	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Cuq	81	780 km S	482	20.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Bléquin'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
Bourdainville	76	133 km SW	479	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Épaney	14	245 km SW	488	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Érondelle	80	68 km S	504	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Wismes	62	5.8 km E	492	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bellancourt	80	64 km S	494	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Nuncq-Hautecôte	62	45 km SE	471	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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