Bouquehault

Pas-de-Calais · CC Pays d'Opale · INSEE 62161

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

Partly served 42.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouquehault (INSEE 62161) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC Pays d'Opale. Population 788 (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 42.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 15,709 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.99	10	9.9
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER CREATIF · LA P'TITE GOURMANDISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE COURTIL). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	2	L'ATELIER CREATIF · LA P'TITE GOURMANDISE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE COURTIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 480 2023: 788 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 711 (2012) → 788 (2023): 10.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 529 (1990) → 788 (2023): 49 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 313, of which 1 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km NWGP — 4.8 km NPharmacy — 5.1 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 (Bouquehault): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Guînes): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Andres): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Guînes): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bouquehault): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.8

Days at or below 0 °C 48.7

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LICQUES weather station, 5.5 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 58 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CALAIS-MARCK, 15 km away at 2 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 56 m below 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 1,132 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LICQUES, 5.5 km away at 73 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 — 62161/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62161/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62161/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62161/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62161
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62397
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62031
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
Bernoy-le-Château	02	195 km SE	825	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bouessay	53	368 km SW	714	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine	76	152 km S	950	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Souvigné	79	519 km S	863	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Faverolles	28	239 km S	820	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
La Merlatière	85	509 km SW	1,009	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine	76	152 km S	950	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bernoy-le-Château	02	195 km SE	825	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Faverolles	28	239 km S	820	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Bouessay	53	368 km SW	714	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Merlatière	85	509 km SW	1,009	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Souvigné	79	519 km S	863	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Bouquehault'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-Georges-sur-Fontaine	76	152 km S	950	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ourton	62	58 km SE	719	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Canappeville	27	195 km S	697	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Blessy	62	38 km SE	907	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Courcité	53	321 km SW	797	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sepmeries	59	132 km SE	640	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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