La Comté
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Partly served 40.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Comté (INSEE 62232) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 879 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62232-la-comte
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 69 % of the 15,109 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.66 | 10 | 6.64 |
| Housing mix | 0.99 | 5 | 4.93 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (CARTHUSIAN · L'AURE DES SAVEURS). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI 155). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (INSTALLATION SPORTIVE LES 6 FONTAINES). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (HAIR BY MELISSANNE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 | 2 | CARTHUSIAN · L'AURE DES SAVEURS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI 155 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | INSTALLATION SPORTIVE LES 6 FONTAINES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | HAIR BY MELISSANNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 830 (2012) → 879 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 755 (1990) → 879 (2023): 16.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 400, of which 0.8 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Houdain): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Houdain): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Houdain): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Houdain): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Comté): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the FIEFS weather station, 15 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 80 m. [10]
The village sits 100 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LILLERS, 17.1 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 61 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at AUBIGNY, 10.2 km away at 96 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 — 62232/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62232/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62232/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62232/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62457
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62232
- 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-Georges-sur-Moulon | 18 | 360 km S | 728 | 29.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 % |
| Corcelles-lès-Cîteaux | 21 | 408 km SE | 839 | 47.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Savy-Berlette | 62 | 9.4 km SE | 929 | 37.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Mollettes | 73 | 612 km SE | 870 | 38.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Strazeele | 59 | 35 km N | 942 | 41.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Athée | 21 | 413 km SE | 815 | 30.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 68 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savy-Berlette | 62 | 9.4 km SE | 929 | 37.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Strazeele | 59 | 35 km N | 942 | 41.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Moulon | 18 | 360 km S | 728 | 29.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 % |
| Corcelles-lès-Cîteaux | 21 | 408 km SE | 839 | 47.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Athée | 21 | 413 km SE | 815 | 30.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 68 % |
| Les Mollettes | 73 | 612 km SE | 870 | 38.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
Sort and compare these on the full list →
…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 La Comté'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savy-Berlette | 62 | 9.4 km SE | 929 | 37.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Strazeele | 59 | 35 km N | 942 | 41.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaucamps-Ligny | 59 | 36 km NE | 845 | 38.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Paër | 76 | 154 km SW | 1,308 | 27 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien | 76 | 139 km SW | 1,101 | 32.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Croix-Mare | 76 | 149 km SW | 704 | 41.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62232-la-comte