Cauchy-à-la-Tour
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 41/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cauchy-à-la-Tour (INSEE 62217) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 2,593 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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 41/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 35 % of the 8,023 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.39 | 10 | 3.92 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.88 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SAVEUR D'AUBRAC BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE). [4,3]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SUPER). [4,3]
2 × Restaurant (SEISEN-DEROOST · LA FRITE D'AURE). [4,3]
2 × Café / bar (AU BISTRO DU COIN). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LEOPOLD PARENT). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE POIRET). [4,3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE BERNARD DUVAUCHEL). [4]
6 × Hairdresser (CARON ARLETTE · EN TETE A TETE). [4,3]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | SAVEUR D'AUBRAC BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | PROXI SUPER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | SEISEN-DEROOST · LA FRITE D'AURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 2 | AU BISTRO DU COIN | INSEE SIRENE 2 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LEOPOLD PARENT | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL PHARMACIE POIRET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE BERNARD DUVAUCHEL | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 6 | CARON ARLETTE · EN TETE A TETE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,935 (2012) → 2,593 (2023): -11.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,907 (1990) → 2,593 (2023): -10.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,264, of which 1.2 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Floringhem): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cauchy-à-la-Tour): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Auchel): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Cauchy-à-la-Tour): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Cauchy-à-la-Tour): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the FIEFS weather station, 8.6 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 109 m. [11]
The village sits 71 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LILLERS, 9.3 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. [11]
That station sits 90 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 1,097 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FIEFS, 8.6 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62217/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62217/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62217/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62217/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62340
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62217
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62048
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jouy | 28 | 231 km S | 1,988 | 51.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chéreng | 59 | 55 km E | 3,078 | 38 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pont-de-Larn | 81 | 778 km S | 2,947 | 48.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 70 % |
| Wizernes | 62 | 28 km NW | 3,321 | 38.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lapugnoy | 62 | 6.7 km E | 3,481 | 36.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gestel | 56 | 523 km SW | 2,601 | 61.8 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapugnoy | 62 | 6.7 km E | 3,481 | 36.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Wizernes | 62 | 28 km NW | 3,321 | 38.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chéreng | 59 | 55 km E | 3,078 | 38 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jouy | 28 | 231 km S | 1,988 | 51.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gestel | 56 | 523 km SW | 2,601 | 61.8 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pont-de-Larn | 81 | 778 km S | 2,947 | 48.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 70 % |
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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 Cauchy-à-la-Tour'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chéreng | 59 | 55 km E | 3,078 | 38 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lapugnoy | 62 | 6.7 km E | 3,481 | 36.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Agny | 62 | 35 km SE | 1,871 | 49 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Condé-sur-Sarthe | 61 | 289 km SW | 2,494 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Burbure | 62 | 4.3 km N | 2,834 | 60 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainghin-en-Mélantois | 59 | 52 km E | 2,840 | 62.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
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