Contes

Pas-de-Calais · CC des 7 Vallées · INSEE 62236

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

Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Contes (INSEE 62236) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC des 7 Vallées. Population 354 (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/62236-contes

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 18,050 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	0.46	10	4.57
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 139). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES ETANGS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 139	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES ETANGS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 386 2023: 354 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 323 (2012) → 354 (2023): 9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 370 (1990) → 354 (2023): -4.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 202, of which 14.4 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.1 km SEFood shop — 2.4 km WGP — 2.7 km WPharmacy — 2.7 km W 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 (Aubin-Saint-Vaast): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Maresquel-Ecquemicourt): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Maresquel-Ecquemicourt): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Maresquel-Ecquemicourt): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Contes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.8

Days at or below 0 °C 47

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARCONNELLE weather station, 5.9 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 20 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 19 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 95 m above 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 1,002 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARCONNELLE, 5.9 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62236/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62236/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62236/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62236/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62552
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62236
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
Rochefort-en-Valdaine	26	690 km S	353	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Les Hays	39	464 km SE	362	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Montreuil-sur-Epte	95	139 km S	377	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sailly	78	153 km S	354	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montanges	01	550 km SE	369	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Pommiers-en-Forez	42	532 km S	378	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montreuil-sur-Epte	95	139 km S	377	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sailly	78	153 km S	354	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Les Hays	39	464 km SE	362	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Pommiers-en-Forez	42	532 km S	378	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Montanges	01	550 km SE	369	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Rochefort-en-Valdaine	26	690 km S	353	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 99 % · 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 Contes'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
Montreuil-sur-Epte	95	139 km S	377	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sailly	78	153 km S	354	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fouday	67	437 km SE	333	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Hadancourt-le-Haut-Clocher	60	136 km S	376	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Fiefs	62	28 km NE	354	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Colombe-près-Vernon	27	153 km S	312	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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