Eps

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Ternois · INSEE 62299

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Eps (INSEE 62299) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Ternois. Population 238 (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/62299-eps

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 16,971 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.57	10	5.72
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU SOLDAT LABOUREUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	AU SOLDAT LABOUREUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 302 2023: 238 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 257 (2012) → 238 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 222 (1990) → 238 (2023): 7.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 116, of which 9.5 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.4 km WBakery — 2.9 km NWFood shop — 2.9 km WPharmacy — 2.9 km NW 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 (Heuchin): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Anvin): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Anvin): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Heuchin): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Eps): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.6

Days at or below 0 °C 38

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FIEFS weather station, 5.8 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 76 m. ^[11]

The village sits 104 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 16.6 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,097 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FIEFS, 5.8 km away at 180 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 — 62299/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62299/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62299/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62299/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62451
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62036
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62299
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
Onjon	10	270 km SE	258	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Haselbourg	57	405 km SE	295	25.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Thouars-sur-Garonne	47	705 km S	228	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Bouize	18	355 km S	253	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Viménil	88	400 km SE	233	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Savigny-sous-Mâlain	21	391 km SE	234	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Onjon	10	270 km SE	258	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bouize	18	355 km S	253	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Savigny-sous-Mâlain	21	391 km SE	234	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Viménil	88	400 km SE	233	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Haselbourg	57	405 km SE	295	25.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Thouars-sur-Garonne	47	705 km S	228	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Eps'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
Hodent	95	151 km S	225	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-lès-Cagnicourt	62	57 km SE	243	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Théméricourt	95	155 km S	283	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Arbrissel	35	384 km SW	266	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul	62	46 km SE	216	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies	95	160 km S	236	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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