Bouvelinghem

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Pays de Lumbres · INSEE 62169

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

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouvelinghem (INSEE 62169) 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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AGATH'CHOU). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE RPI 133). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	AGATH'CHOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE RPI 133	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 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: 155 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 162 (1990) → 260 (2023): 60.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 126, of which 11.9 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km SWGP — 4.0 km EFood shop — 6.0 km SEPharmacy — 9.7 km N 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 (Bouvelinghem): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lumbres): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Acquin-Westbécourt): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Nordausques): 9.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bouvelinghem): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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 0.9

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. ^[12]

Measured at the NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC weather station, 7.2 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 173 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at DESVRES, 18.6 km away at 185 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC, 7.2 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62169/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62169/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62169/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62169/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62169
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62534
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62008
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62618
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
Cerneux	77	246 km SE	272	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Chassillé	72	340 km SW	249	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Écordal	08	226 km SE	283	28	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Ravigny	53	296 km SW	232	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Bénarville	76	161 km SW	260	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Dennevy	71	471 km SE	296	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bénarville	76	161 km SW	260	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Écordal	08	226 km SE	283	28	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Cerneux	77	246 km SE	272	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Ravigny	53	296 km SW	232	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Chassillé	72	340 km SW	249	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Dennevy	71	471 km SE	296	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Bouvelinghem'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
Sainte-Colombe	76	138 km SW	223	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Chassant	28	280 km S	299	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-au-Bosc	76	104 km S	261	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Wicquinghem	62	19 km S	267	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Crosville-sur-Scie	76	121 km SW	225	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Romazy	35	366 km SW	277	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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