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Busnes

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62190

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

Partly served 44.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Busnes (INSEE 62190) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 1,243 (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/62190-busnes

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 13,003 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 food0.34258.55
Social0.512010.26
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture050
Population trend0.43104.3
Housing mix155

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PETIT MADE · LE COMPTOIR DE BUSNES). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DU QUESNOY). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE CHATEAU BEAULIEU · LA PAUSE D'ALEX). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE B7). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE A DE ST EXUPERY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-THERESE). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MAXIME BESSA, MÉDECIN · ALICIA GROUX, MÉDECIN). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (MATHILDE COIFFURE · VIENNE AIMEE). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE CHATEAU BEAULIEU). [3]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2AU PETIT MADE · LE COMPTOIR DE BUSNESINSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DU QUESNOYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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]
Restaurant2LE CHATEAU BEAULIEU · LA PAUSE D'ALEXINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE B7INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE A DE ST EXUPERY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-THERESEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2MAXIME BESSA, MÉDECIN · ALICIA GROUX, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [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]
Hairdresser3MATHILDE COIFFURE · VIENNE AIMEEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1LE CHATEAU BEAULIEUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,106 peak 1990: 1,337 2023: 1,243 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,253 (2012) → 1,243 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,337 (1990) → 1,243 (2023): -7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 585, of which 0 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.2 km SE (Busnes)Bakery — 3.3 km E (Robecq)Pharmacy — 3.7 km SW (Lillers)
In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.2 km SEBakery — 3.3 km EPharmacy — 3.7 km SW 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 (Robecq): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Busnes): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Busnes): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Lillers): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Busnes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LILLERS weather station, 1.8 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 19 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 1.8 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. [11]

An average of 691 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LILLERS, 1.8 km away at 19 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62190/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62190/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62190/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62190/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62713
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62190
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62516
  11. 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
Beaumont-Monteux26645 km S1,39443.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Baincthun6261 km W1,32446.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Beauvoir-de-Marc38595 km S1,09837.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 89 %
Sagy95176 km S1,09633.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Baye29538 km SW1,36946.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Aiglun04776 km S1,39945.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Baincthun6261 km W1,32446.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Sagy95176 km S1,09633.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Baye29538 km SW1,36946.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Beauvoir-de-Marc38595 km S1,09837.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 89 %
Beaumont-Monteux26645 km S1,39443.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Aiglun04776 km S1,39945.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 16 % · 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 Busnes'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Allouville-Bellefosse76171 km SW1,15345.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vildé-Guingalan22413 km SW1,30436.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Duisans6234 km S1,39952.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Langan35410 km SW1,10641.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Brusvily22415 km SW1,15343.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Regard61294 km SW1,32126.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %