Camiers
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Camiers (INSEE 62201) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA des Deux Baies en Montreuillois. Population 2,582 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62201-camiers
Vitality score
Vitality score 59.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).
Better served than 90 % of the 8,044 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 | 0.47 | 25 | 11.74 |
| Social | 0.99 | 20 | 19.81 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.87 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU CRAQUELIN · SOPHIE LEBREUILLY). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE · BUALEX). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (LE COMPTOIR DE LA MER). [3,4]
14 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DE FRANK · FRITERIE DE L'ESPLANADE · L'OCEAN). [3,4]
8 × Café / bar (LE SPOT DES CO-PINS · LE BON CAP · ABRI DES QUATRE VENTS · LE RETZO · LE PETIT MOUSSE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE HERVE CHARPENTIER). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CARLA BOURGEOIS, MÉDECIN · BAUDOUIN SPAS, MÉDECIN · GREGORY VANOUTRYVE, MÉDECIN · FLORENT DESMET, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DELATTRE CAMIERS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CAMIERS AGENCE COMMUNALE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE GUY BASSEMENT). [3]
8 × Hairdresser (TONY B · GOMINA BY BLANDINE · CINDY HUB'HAIR, CINDY CREATRICE D'EMOTIONS · L'ATELIER DE CHARLOTTE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (LES CEDRES). [3,4]
4 × Campsite (CENTRE IRENEE CALAS · CAMPING DES DUNES · CAMPING DE LA MER LE PETIT MOUSSE · CAMPING ARC INTERNATIONAL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | AU CRAQUELIN · SOPHIE LEBREUILLY | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Supermarket | 2 | INTERMARCHE · BUALEX | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | LE COMPTOIR DE LA MER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 14 | LA TABLE DE FRANK · FRITERIE DE L'ESPLANADE · L'OCEAN | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 8 | LE SPOT DES CO-PINS · LE BON CAP · ABRI DES QUATRE VENTS · LE RETZO · LE PETIT MOUSSE | INSEE SIRENE 8 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE HERVE CHARPENTIER | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | CARLA BOURGEOIS, MÉDECIN · BAUDOUIN SPAS, MÉDECIN · GREGORY VANOUTRYVE, MÉDECIN · FLORENT DESMET, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DELATTRE CAMIERS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | CAMIERS AGENCE COMMUNALE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | ESPACE GUY BASSEMENT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 8 | TONY B · GOMINA BY BLANDINE · CINDY HUB'HAIR, CINDY CREATRICE D'EMOTIONS · L'ATELIER DE CHARLOTTE | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | LES CEDRES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 4 | CENTRE IRENEE CALAS · CAMPING DES DUNES · CAMPING DE LA MER LE PETIT MOUSSE · CAMPING ARC INTERNATIONAL | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Monday, Thursday matin parking des Oyats, avenue de Cambrai à Sainte-Cécile (seasonal). [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,686 (2012) → 2,582 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,176 (1990) → 2,582 (2023): 18.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,106, of which 70.8 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Dannes): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Camiers): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
GP (Camiers): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Camiers): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Camiers): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LE-TOUQUET weather station, 6.1 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 21 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LE-TOUQUET, 6.1 km away at 5 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at DANNES, 3 km away at 36 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62201/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— http://www.camiers.fr/fr/information/108322/les-marches— “Retrouvez le marché estival de Sainte Cécile du 18 juin au 31 août 2026 , chaque lundi et jeudi matin , sur le parking des Oyats , avenue de Cambrai à Sainte-Cécile.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62201/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62201/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62201/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62264
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62201
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayeux-sur-Mer | 80 | 44 km S | 2,316 | 59.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Mathes | 17 | 577 km S | 2,180 | 65.2 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 % |
| Carcans | 33 | 642 km S | 2,415 | 70 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 86 % |
| Merville-Franceville-Plage | 14 | 194 km SW | 2,231 | 56.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Notre-Dame-de-Monts | 85 | 498 km SW | 2,420 | 67.6 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île | 85 | 518 km SW | 2,845 | 65.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 88 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayeux-sur-Mer | 80 | 44 km S | 2,316 | 59.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Merville-Franceville-Plage | 14 | 194 km SW | 2,231 | 56.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Notre-Dame-de-Monts | 85 | 498 km SW | 2,420 | 67.6 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île | 85 | 518 km SW | 2,845 | 65.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 88 % |
| Les Mathes | 17 | 577 km S | 2,180 | 65.2 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 % |
| Carcans | 33 | 642 km S | 2,415 | 70 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 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 Camiers'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayeux-sur-Mer | 80 | 44 km S | 2,316 | 59.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Merville-Franceville-Plage | 14 | 194 km SW | 2,231 | 56.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Criel-sur-Mer | 76 | 65 km S | 2,527 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Valery-sur-Somme | 80 | 42 km S | 2,306 | 66.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Guerlédan | 22 | 424 km SW | 2,532 | 59.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot | 62 | 6.0 km N | 4,115 | 56.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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