Brimeux

Pas-de-Calais · CC des 7 Vallées · INSEE 62177

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

Partly served 49.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brimeux (INSEE 62177) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC des 7 Vallées. Population 868 (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/62177-brimeux

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 15,174 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	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.82	10	8.15
Housing mix	0.38	5	1.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (A LA CH'TI BONNE FRANQUETT · LA DETENTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE FLASH). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRIMEUX RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES AULNAIES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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	2	A LA CH'TI BONNE FRANQUETT · LA DETENTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE FLASH	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	BRIMEUX RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES AULNAIES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 642 2023: 868 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 832 (2012) → 868 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 660 (1990) → 868 (2023): 31.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 599, of which 31.1 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.3 km SEBakery — 4.5 km SEPharmacy — 4.8 km SEGP — 4.9 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 (Beaurainville): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaurainville): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beaurainville): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Beaurainville): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brimeux): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.8

Days at or below 0 °C 47

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARCONNELLE weather station, 15.5 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE-TOUQUET, 17.2 km away at 5 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,021 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ATTIN, 7 km away at 21 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62177/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62177/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62177/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62177/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62100
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62177
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
Fontaine-Simon	28	224 km S	888	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ainhoa	64	833 km S	672	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Sillans-la-Cascade	83	832 km SE	787	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maximin	30	744 km S	798	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pôtan	22	365 km SW	839	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Lissac-sur-Couze	19	594 km S	705	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontaine-Simon	28	224 km S	888	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pôtan	22	365 km SW	839	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Lissac-sur-Couze	19	594 km S	705	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maximin	30	744 km S	798	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Sillans-la-Cascade	83	832 km SE	787	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Ainhoa	64	833 km S	672	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Brimeux'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
Concoret	56	395 km SW	758	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bonneville-la-Louvet	14	168 km SW	825	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Plaine	67	445 km SE	983	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Roz-sur-Couesnon	35	322 km SW	1,059	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Courcelles-lès-Gisors	60	132 km S	809	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Polincove	62	50 km N	867	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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