Escalles

Pas-de-Calais · CA Grand Calais Terres et Mers · INSEE 62307

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

Few services 32/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Escalles (INSEE 62307) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA Grand Calais Terres et Mers. Population 223 (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/62307-escalles

Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 16,607 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	0.91	20	18.15
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.2	10	1.97
Housing mix	0.15	5	0.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 2 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]

3 × Restaurant (LES FALAISES · LE RESTAURANT DU CAP · RESTAURANT L'ESCALE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'EFFET MER). ^[4]

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

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL L'ESCALE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE BLANC NEZ · AIRE NATURELLE LES ERABLES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), 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	3	LES FALAISES · LE RESTAURANT DU CAP · RESTAURANT L'ESCALE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	L'EFFET MER	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE FRANCOISE DOLTO	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	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	1	HÔTEL L'ESCALE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LE BLANC NEZ · AIRE NATURELLE LES ERABLES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 199 peak 2007: 323 2023: 223 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 281 (2012) → 223 (2023): -20.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 320 (1990) → 223 (2023): -30.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 205, of which 42.4 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.7 km EBakery — 4.3 km NEFood shop — 4.9 km SEPharmacy — 5.0 km SW 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 (Sangatte): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Inglevert): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Peuplingues): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Wissant): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Escalles): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 29.4

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the CALAIS-MARCK weather station, 17.7 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 44 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at CALAIS-MARCK, 17.7 km away at 2 m, over 29 summers. ^[13]

An average of 741 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at CALAIS-MARCK, 17.7 km away at 2 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62307/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62307/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62307/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62307/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62774
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62751
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62654
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62899
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62307
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
Salles	65	888 km S	258	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %
Pietroso	2B	1,131 km SE	334	33	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
La Roque-sur-Cèze	30	777 km S	172	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Mizoën	38	731 km SE	187	41.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Volnay	21	490 km SE	224	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Conjux	73	646 km SE	218	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Volnay	21	490 km SE	224	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Conjux	73	646 km SE	218	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 77 %
Mizoën	38	731 km SE	187	41.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
La Roque-sur-Cèze	30	777 km S	172	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Salles	65	888 km S	258	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %
Pietroso	2B	1,131 km SE	334	33	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Escalles'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
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer	76	129 km SW	181	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lanloup	22	415 km SW	252	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Douville-en-Auge	14	222 km SW	221	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Le Housseau-Brétignolles	53	316 km SW	231	8.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont	80	71 km S	302	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Vauville	14	214 km SW	201	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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