Clerques

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Pays de Lumbres · INSEE 62228

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Clerques (INSEE 62228) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Pays de Lumbres. Population 312 (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/62228-clerques

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,939 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.95	10	9.51
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA TAVERNE DU SEMEUR). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE LA HEM RPI 128). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE NATHALIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LA TAVERNE DU SEMEUR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE LA HEM RPI 128	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	1	LES CISEAUX DE NATHALIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 186 peak 2017: 327 2023: 312 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 285 (2012) → 312 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 215 (1990) → 312 (2023): 45.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 134, of which 7.5 % second homes and 3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km WGP — 3.6 km WBakery — 4.1 km NEPharmacy — 6.8 km E 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 (Louches): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Licques): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Licques): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Nordausques): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Clerques): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.8

Days at or below 0 °C 48.7

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LICQUES weather station, 3.6 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 50 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at CALAIS-MARCK, 18.8 km away at 2 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,132 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LICQUES, 3.6 km away at 73 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 — 62228/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62228/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62228/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62228/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62531
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62506
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62618
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62228
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
Saint-Louis-en-l'Isle	24	649 km S	311	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Yvrench	80	68 km S	296	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Tousson	77	274 km S	334	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Maigné	72	350 km SW	326	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Paule	69	570 km S	338	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villognon	16	566 km S	336	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Yvrench	80	68 km S	296	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Tousson	77	274 km S	334	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Maigné	72	350 km SW	326	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Villognon	16	566 km S	336	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Paule	69	570 km S	338	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Louis-en-l'Isle	24	649 km S	311	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Clerques'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
Sains-lès-Marquion	62	101 km SE	310	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre	59	151 km SE	272	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-d'Anxure	53	347 km SW	354	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Aibes	59	161 km E	350	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Éclaibes	59	152 km SE	269	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Noyelles-sur-Sambre	59	146 km SE	283	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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