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Boisdinghem

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Pays de Lumbres · INSEE 62149

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boisdinghem (INSEE 62149) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Pays de Lumbres. Population 260 (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/62149-boisdinghem

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,407 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.98109.77
Housing mix0.9854.9

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 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI 133). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), 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]
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 / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI 133INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 149 2023: 260 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 242 (2012) → 260 (2023): 7.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 176 (1990) → 260 (2023): 47.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 102, of which 1 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 2.4 km S (Acquin-Westbécourt)Bakery — 2.6 km N (Mentque-Nortbécourt)Food shop — 4.1 km S (Lumbres)Pharmacy — 7.3 km NE (Moulle)
In the commune Primary school GP — 2.4 km SBakery — 2.6 km NFood shop — 4.1 km SPharmacy — 7.3 km NE 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 (Mentque-Nortbécourt): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lumbres): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Acquin-Westbécourt): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Moulle): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Boisdinghem): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [12]

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC weather station, 8.8 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 150 m. [13]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC, 8.8 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62149/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62149/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62149/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62149/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62567
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62534
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62008
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62595
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62149
  13. 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
Bouhans-lès-Lure70462 km SE26722.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 32 %
Champien80129 km SE27220Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 77 %
Lespinoy6239 km SW24319.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Vomécourt88424 km SE26719.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 36 %
Autreville-sur-Moselle54359 km SE26418.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 32 %
Senlecques6216 km SW25120.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Senlecques6216 km SW25120.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Lespinoy6239 km SW24319.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Champien80129 km SE27220Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 77 %
Autreville-sur-Moselle54359 km SE26418.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 32 %
Vomécourt88424 km SE26719.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 36 %
Bouhans-lès-Lure70462 km SE26722.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 32 %

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