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Diéval

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62269

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

Few services 21.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Diéval (INSEE 62269) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 709 (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/62269-dieval

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 16,352 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.59105.86
Housing mix0.9654.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (DIEVAL AP). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (IMAGESTIME DE SOI · LAETITIA MA COIFFEUSE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1DIEVAL APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3IMAGESTIME DE SOI · LAETITIA MA COIFFEUSEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 699 peak 2012: 782 2023: 709 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 782 (2012) → 709 (2023): -9.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 653 (1990) → 709 (2023): 8.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 326, of which 2.1 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 5.0 km NE (Divion)Food shop — 5.1 km W (Valhuon)Pharmacy — 5.3 km NE (Divion)Bakery — 5.5 km N (Camblain-Châtelain)
In the commune Primary school GP — 5.0 km NEFood shop — 5.1 km WPharmacy — 5.3 km NEBakery — 5.5 km N 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 (Camblain-Châtelain): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Valhuon): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Divion): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Divion): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Diéval): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the FIEFS weather station, 11.5 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 136 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 16.4 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. [12]

That station sits 117 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 962 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ST-POL-TERNOISE, 9.4 km away at 129 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

43 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 135,600 € — 1,101 € per m² of built surface. [13]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62269/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62269/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62269/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62269/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62197
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62835
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62270
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62269
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Griesbach-au-Val68435 km SE67822.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Blaisy-Bas21379 km SE67722.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Hesdigneul-lès-Boulogne6260 km NW85325.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Allery8066 km SW84322.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Vaudoy-en-Brie77200 km S87226.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Le Gué-de-Longroi28222 km S86022.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Hesdigneul-lès-Boulogne6260 km NW85325.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Allery8066 km SW84322.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Vaudoy-en-Brie77200 km S87226.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Le Gué-de-Longroi28222 km S86022.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Blaisy-Bas21379 km SE67722.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Griesbach-au-Val68435 km SE67822.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Diéval'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Blaisy-Bas21379 km SE67722.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Prouzel8071 km S57222.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Vraiville27169 km SW72124.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Valdampierre60129 km S94122.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vernéville57293 km SE71534.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Monneville60141 km S76531.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %