Courset

Pas-de-Calais · CC de Desvres-Samer · INSEE 62251

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 44.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courset (INSEE 62251) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC de Desvres-Samer. Population 505 (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/62251-courset

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 17,772 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.88	10	8.84
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FERME DU BON PORC). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CROTALE BURGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 156). ^[3]

1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE STE ODILE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (DE MECHES AVEC VOUS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1	LA FERME DU BON PORC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CROTALE BURGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 156	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	ECOLE SECONDAIRE STE ODILE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	DE MECHES AVEC VOUS	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

1968: 338 peak 2017: 515 2023: 505 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 506 (2012) → 505 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 365 (1990) → 505 (2023): 38.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 205, of which 5.9 % second homes and 1.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.6 km SEBakery — 1.7 km NWPharmacy — 2.3 km NGP — 2.6 km SW 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 (Longfossé): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Courset): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Doudeauville): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Desvres): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Courset): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 36.5

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DESVRES weather station, 2 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 146 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at DESVRES, 2 km away at 185 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,152 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at DESVRES, 2 km away at 185 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 — 62251/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62251/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62251/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62251/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62524
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62251
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62273
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62268
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
Cornillé-les-Caves	49	383 km SW	484	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mackwiller	67	428 km SE	525	38	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Lavergne	46	650 km S	489	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sandrans	01	560 km SE	582	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 77 %
Magneux-Haute-Rive	42	580 km S	555	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %
Flachères	38	631 km SE	579	48	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cornillé-les-Caves	49	383 km SW	484	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mackwiller	67	428 km SE	525	38	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Sandrans	01	560 km SE	582	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 77 %
Magneux-Haute-Rive	42	580 km S	555	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %
Flachères	38	631 km SE	579	48	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Lavergne	46	650 km S	489	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 95 % · 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 Courset'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
Zuytpeene	59	44 km E	557	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-l'Épine	50	264 km SW	555	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Auchy-au-Bois	62	39 km E	548	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Neuville-Vitasse	62	82 km SE	481	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bellebrune	62	10 km NW	427	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Borre	59	53 km E	553	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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