Desvres
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 62.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Desvres (INSEE 62268) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC de Desvres-Samer. Population 4,829 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62268-desvres
Vitality score
Vitality score 62.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 84 % of the 4,820 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 | 0.52 | 25 | 12.94 |
| Social | 0.86 | 20 | 17.27 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.72 | 10 | 7.23 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.41 | 10 | 4.08 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.85 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CARPENTIER · AU DELICE GOURMAND). [3,4]
3 × Butcher (boucherie) (EIRL LOUASSE JUDICAEL · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE CUCHEVAL · SAVEURS ET GOURMANDISES). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU PRIMEUR DESVROIS). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
12 × Restaurant (BRASSERIE RESTAURANT CHEZ JULES · BRASSERIE DE LA HOULETTE · KEBAB DESVRES). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar (LE CHIQUITO · O'PHYLISS · LE WELCOME · AU CARREFOUR). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JULES FERRY). [3]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEHAN MOLINET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MADAME DE SEVIGNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT NICOLAS). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE DU CARAQUET · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH). [3]
10 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-JACQUES LEBAS, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS GOURNAY, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE EL HAFDI, MÉDECIN · JEAN-JACQUES REBUFFE, MÉDECIN · ANNE RAULT-TROTIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BAYARD BULTEL · PHARMACIE DOUAY FRANTZ · PHARMACIE POYER CHRISTOPHE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINE DESVRES). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · SALLE ANDRE LEMAIRE). [3]
5 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DESVRES · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE DE DESVRES · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE). [3]
9 × Hairdresser (BOUCL'IN COIFFURE · LE COMPTOIR DES NUANCES · L'UNIV'HAIR DE JU). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (LE MOULIN AUX DRAPS). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | CARPENTIER · AU DELICE GOURMAND | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 3 | EIRL LOUASSE JUDICAEL · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE CUCHEVAL · SAVEURS ET GOURMANDISES | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | AU PRIMEUR DESVROIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | CARREFOUR MARKET | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 12 | BRASSERIE RESTAURANT CHEZ JULES · BRASSERIE DE LA HOULETTE · KEBAB DESVRES | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | LE CHIQUITO · O'PHYLISS · LE WELCOME · AU CARREFOUR | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE JULES FERRY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEHAN MOLINET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MADAME DE SEVIGNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT NICOLAS | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE DU CARAQUET · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 10 | JEAN-JACQUES LEBAS, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS GOURNAY, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE EL HAFDI, MÉDECIN · JEAN-JACQUES REBUFFE, MÉDECIN · ANNE RAULT-TROTIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE BAYARD BULTEL · PHARMACIE DOUAY FRANTZ · PHARMACIE POYER CHRISTOPHE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CINE DESVRES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF · SALLE ANDRE LEMAIRE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 5 | CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DESVRES · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE DE DESVRES · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 9 | BOUCL'IN COIFFURE · LE COMPTOIR DES NUANCES · L'UNIV'HAIR DE JU | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | LE MOULIN AUX DRAPS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday matin Place Léon Blum. [5]
Trajectory
Population 5,142 (2012) → 4,829 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 5,318 (1990) → 4,829 (2023): -9.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,364, of which 1.5 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Desvres): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Desvres): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Desvres): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Desvres): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Desvres): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the DESVRES weather station, 3.8 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 99 m. [10]
The village sits 86 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 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at DESVRES, 3.8 km away at 185 m, over 12 summers. [10]
That station sits 86 m above 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 1,152 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at DESVRES, 3.8 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
355 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 112,000 € — 1,418 € per m² of built surface. [11]
15 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 180,000 € — 896 € per m². [11]
The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62268/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— http://www.ville-desvres.fr/Presentation-de-la-commune— “Le marché se tient chaque mardi matin sur la Place Léon Blum.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62268/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62268/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62268/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62268
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône | 07 | 689 km S | 4,854 | 59.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Quesnoy | 59 | 136 km E | 4,878 | 61 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Ferté-Gaucher | 77 | 235 km SE | 4,743 | 56.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise | 62 | 48 km SE | 4,677 | 60.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 % |
| Locminé | 56 | 458 km SW | 4,773 | 61.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pacy-sur-Eure | 27 | 187 km S | 5,027 | 66.1 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise | 62 | 48 km SE | 4,677 | 60.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 % |
| Le Quesnoy | 59 | 136 km E | 4,878 | 61 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pacy-sur-Eure | 27 | 187 km S | 5,027 | 66.1 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Ferté-Gaucher | 77 | 235 km SE | 4,743 | 56.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Locminé | 56 | 458 km SW | 4,773 | 61.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône | 07 | 689 km S | 4,854 | 59.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · 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 Desvres'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locminé | 56 | 458 km SW | 4,773 | 61.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Doullens | 80 | 67 km SE | 5,751 | 62.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bréal-sous-Montfort | 35 | 396 km SW | 6,391 | 59.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pleumeleuc | 35 | 387 km SW | 3,543 | 47.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Friville-Escarbotin | 80 | 67 km S | 4,306 | 51.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Carhaix-Plouguer | 29 | 473 km SW | 7,412 | 70.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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