Esquerdes
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 41.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Esquerdes (INSEE 62309) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Pays de Lumbres. Population 1,594 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/62309-esquerdes
Vitality score
Vitality score 41.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 52 % of the 11,185 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.54 | 10 | 5.42 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.91 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LE RENDEZ VOUS DES GOURMANDS). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA MAIRIE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE P BROSSOLETTE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE BROSSOLETTE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ESQUERDES AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORT). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (FOR HAIR ' VER). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × GP (médecin généraliste).
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 2 | LE RENDEZ VOUS DES GOURMANDS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | CAFE DE LA MAIRIE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE P BROSSOLETTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE BROSSOLETTE | 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 | 1 | ESQUERDES AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE MULTISPORT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 4 | FOR HAIR ' VER | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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
Population 1,549 (2012) → 1,594 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,530 (1990) → 1,594 (2023): 4.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 664, of which 0.9 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Esquerdes): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Esquerdes): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Setques): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Helfaut): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Esquerdes): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC weather station, 9.4 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 42 m. [11]
The village sits 103 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, 18.3 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 73 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC, 9.4 km away at 145 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 — 62309/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62309/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62309/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62309/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62309
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62794
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62423
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alizay | 27 | 170 km SW | 1,567 | 47.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Virey-le-Grand | 71 | 473 km SE | 1,429 | 37.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 % |
| Allonne | 60 | 145 km S | 1,767 | 53.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fleury | 57 | 342 km SE | 1,276 | 41.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vougy | 74 | 606 km SE | 1,659 | 40.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 % |
| Barberey-Saint-Sulpice | 10 | 296 km SE | 1,542 | 60.7 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allonne | 60 | 145 km S | 1,767 | 53.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Alizay | 27 | 170 km SW | 1,567 | 47.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Barberey-Saint-Sulpice | 10 | 296 km SE | 1,542 | 60.7 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fleury | 57 | 342 km SE | 1,276 | 41.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Virey-le-Grand | 71 | 473 km SE | 1,429 | 37.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vougy | 74 | 606 km SE | 1,659 | 40.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 45 % · 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 Esquerdes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouen | 14 | 258 km SW | 1,788 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fontenay-le-Marmion | 14 | 255 km SW | 2,055 | 45.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tourville-sur-Odon | 14 | 259 km SW | 1,153 | 43 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-André-sur-Orne | 14 | 255 km SW | 1,664 | 37.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Éterville | 14 | 255 km SW | 1,529 | 42.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Feuguerolles-Bully | 14 | 256 km SW | 1,520 | 38.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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