Douchy-lès-Ayette

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Sud Artois · INSEE 62272

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

No daily shops 17.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Douchy-lès-Ayette (INSEE 62272) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Sud Artois. Population 286 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 17.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 17,713 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.39	10	3.91
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 ELEMENTAIRE RPI 5). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 5	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	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: 309 peak 1990: 321 2023: 286 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 299 (2012) → 286 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 321 (1990) → 286 (2023): -10.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 138, of which 3.6 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.6 km SPharmacy — 3.6 km SBakery — 4.1 km SGP — 6.7 km S 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 (Bucquoy): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bucquoy): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Puisieux): 6.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bucquoy): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Douchy-lès-Ayette): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.8

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ARRAS weather station, 14 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ARRAS, 14 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 818 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ACHIET-LE-GRAND, 6.8 km away at 130 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 — 62272/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62272/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62272/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62272/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62181
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62672
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62272
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
Pichanges	21	350 km SE	285	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Bernac-Dessus	65	805 km S	282	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Larivière	90	419 km SE	282	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Dimont	59	93 km E	289	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Grigny	62	52 km NW	290	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pissy	80	55 km SW	284	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grigny	62	52 km NW	290	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pissy	80	55 km SW	284	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Dimont	59	93 km E	289	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pichanges	21	350 km SE	285	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Larivière	90	419 km SE	282	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Bernac-Dessus	65	805 km S	282	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Douchy-lès-Ayette'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
Dimont	59	93 km E	289	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Grigny	62	52 km NW	290	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pissy	80	55 km SW	284	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Buissy	62	23 km E	284	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Boinville-en-Mantois	78	155 km SW	285	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bécourt	62	77 km NW	280	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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