Boiry-Sainte-Rictrude

Pas-de-Calais · CU d'Arras · INSEE 62147

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

No daily shops 19/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boiry-Sainte-Rictrude (INSEE 62147) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CU d'Arras. Population 389 (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 19/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 18,014 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.33	10	3.29
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

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 1 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 6). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[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. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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 6	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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 443 peak 1982: 516 2023: 389 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 402 (2012) → 389 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 469 (1990) → 389 (2023): -17.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 181, of which 0.6 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 1.9 km NEBakery — 4.4 km EGP — 4.5 km NEFood shop — 5.9 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 (Boiry-Becquerelle): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rivière): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mercatel): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Boisleux-au-Mont): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Boiry-Sainte-Rictrude): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.8

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ARRAS weather station, 10.2 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ARRAS, 10.2 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. ^[13]

An average of 818 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ACHIET-LE-GRAND, 8.2 km away at 130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62147/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62147/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62147/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62147/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62144
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62712
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62568
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62151
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62147
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
Montenoy	54	296 km SE	397	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Vinantes	77	133 km S	381	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Amblans-et-Velotte	70	387 km SE	386	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Houldizy	08	144 km E	394	23.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Les Grandes-Chapelles	10	214 km SE	401	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Martigny	76	121 km W	405	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Martigny	76	121 km W	405	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Vinantes	77	133 km S	381	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Houldizy	08	144 km E	394	23.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Les Grandes-Chapelles	10	214 km SE	401	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Montenoy	54	296 km SE	397	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Amblans-et-Velotte	70	387 km SE	386	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 49 % · 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 Boiry-Sainte-Rictrude'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
Saint-Gratien	80	36 km SW	383	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Montagny-Sainte-Félicité	60	119 km S	425	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-aux-Bois	02	81 km SE	370	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Auzouville-l'Esneval	76	147 km SW	361	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Flaumont-Waudrechies	59	87 km E	342	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chézy-en-Orxois	02	124 km S	389	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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