Équihen-Plage

Pas-de-Calais · CA du Boulonnais · INSEE 62300

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

Partly served 54.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Équihen-Plage (INSEE 62300) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA du Boulonnais. Population 2,619 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62300-equihen-plage

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 7,964 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.85	20	16.95
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.35	10	3.54
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE MAM). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (TRAITEUR LEBECQ). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (L'AUTHENTIX · LE MOUSQUETAIRE · FRITERIE 901 ATTIN). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (L'OCEAN · CHEZ ROSE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MACE-FERDINAND BUISSON). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALERIE CAZIN, MÉDECIN · BENOIT DELATTRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VAUCHEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (EQUIHEN PLAGE AGENCE COMMUNALE AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (PARC DES HURES). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (FLO CREA-TIFS · LES CISEAUX DE DOROTHEE · MYLENE'HAIR · LES CISEAUX DE LILIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA FALAISE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE PAIN DE MAM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	TRAITEUR LEBECQ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	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	5	L'AUTHENTIX · LE MOUSQUETAIRE · FRITERIE 901 ATTIN	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	L'OCEAN · CHEZ ROSE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MACE-FERDINAND BUISSON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	VALERIE CAZIN, MÉDECIN · BENOIT DELATTRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE VAUCHEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	EQUIHEN PLAGE AGENCE COMMUNALE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	PARC DES HURES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	FLO CREA-TIFS · LES CISEAUX DE DOROTHEE · MYLENE'HAIR · LES CISEAUX DE LILIE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE LA FALAISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 2,592 peak 1982: 3,164 2023: 2,619 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,919 (2012) → 2,619 (2023): -10.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,067 (1990) → 2,619 (2023): -14.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,451, of which 17 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Équihen-Plage): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Équihen-Plage): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Équihen-Plage): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Équihen-Plage): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Équihen-Plage): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 17.1▸

Muggy days a summer 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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BOULOGNE-SEM weather station, 6.2 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 50 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BOULOGNE-SEM, 6.2 km away at 73 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 846 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BOULOGNE-SEM, 6.2 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62300/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62300/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62300/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62300/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62300
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
Retournac	43	636 km S	3,007	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Callac	22	440 km SW	2,312	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sauzé-entre-Bois	79	517 km S	2,271	56.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 65 %
Morbier	39	565 km SE	2,456	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Condette	62	5.1 km SE	2,443	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lassay-les-Châteaux	53	291 km SW	2,247	61.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Condette	62	5.1 km SE	2,443	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lassay-les-Châteaux	53	291 km SW	2,247	61.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Callac	22	440 km SW	2,312	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sauzé-entre-Bois	79	517 km S	2,271	56.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 65 %
Morbier	39	565 km SE	2,456	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Retournac	43	636 km S	3,007	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 11 % · 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 Équihen-Plage'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
Callac	22	440 km SW	2,312	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Condette	62	5.1 km SE	2,443	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lassay-les-Châteaux	53	291 km SW	2,247	61.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Caumont-sur-Aure	14	245 km SW	2,431	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Guerlédan	22	430 km SW	2,532	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cléder	29	466 km SW	3,584	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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