Cuinchy

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62262

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

Few services 30.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cuinchy (INSEE 62262) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 1,784 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62262-cuinchy

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 16 % of the 10,369 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.58	10	5.84
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BEN MESSAOUD AMOR). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SEBASTIEN DEMEY, MÉDECIN · MARINE FARDOUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF'R). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BEN MESSAOUD AMOR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 4 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	SEBASTIEN DEMEY, MÉDECIN · MARINE FARDOUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	COIFF'R	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,420 2023: 1,784 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,724 (2012) → 1,784 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,646 (1990) → 1,784 (2023): 8.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 766, of which 0.5 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.3 km SWPharmacy — 1.9 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 (Cuinchy): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cambrin): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cuinchy): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Annequin): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cuinchy): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.3

Days at or below 0 °C 55

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RICHEBOURG weather station, 7.7 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 23 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 18.8 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 745 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RICHEBOURG, 7.7 km away at 18 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 — 62262/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62262/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62262/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62262/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62262
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62034
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
Chauriat	63	532 km S	1,805	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Camphin-en-Carembault	59	17 km E	1,737	37.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Aiglemont	08	166 km SE	1,692	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rosselange	57	276 km SE	2,384	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Les Forges	88	371 km SE	1,776	40.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Denguin	64	834 km S	1,765	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Camphin-en-Carembault	59	17 km E	1,737	37.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Aiglemont	08	166 km SE	1,692	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rosselange	57	276 km SE	2,384	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Les Forges	88	371 km SE	1,776	40.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Chauriat	63	532 km S	1,805	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Denguin	64	834 km S	1,765	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Cuinchy'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
Aiglemont	08	166 km SE	1,692	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Flavigny-sur-Moselle	54	330 km SE	1,661	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Ablain-Saint-Nazaire	62	15 km S	1,994	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Cinqueux	60	135 km S	1,630	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Rosult	59	44 km E	2,022	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chaligny	54	320 km SE	2,729	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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