Essars

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62310

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

Few services 39.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Essars (INSEE 62310) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 1,753 (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/62310-essars

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 10,478 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.41	10	4.13
Housing mix	1	5	4.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ JULES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'ESSAROISE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE BACHELET). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GWENAELLE DESROUSSEAUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ESSARS COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX D'ANTOINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHEZ JULES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	L'ESSAROISE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE BACHELET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	GWENAELLE DESROUSSEAUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DESAILLY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	COMPLEXE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	ESSARS COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX D'ANTOINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,175 peak 1990: 1,919 2023: 1,753 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,615 (2012) → 1,753 (2023): 8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,919 (1990) → 1,753 (2023): -8.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 808, of which 0.2 % second homes and 6.4 % 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 (Essars): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Essars): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Essars): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Essars): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Essars): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.3

Days at or below 0 °C 55

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the RICHEBOURG weather station, 7 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 22 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 12.5 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

An average of 745 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at RICHEBOURG, 7 km away at 18 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 — 62310/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62310/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62310/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62310/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62310
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
Ménétrol	63	521 km S	1,640	55.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Mazères-Lezons	64	840 km S	1,845	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 %
Viry-Noureuil	02	110 km S	1,651	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Poey-de-Lescar	64	835 km S	1,876	59.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 14 %
Dreuil-lès-Amiens	80	77 km SW	1,576	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lompret	59	27 km NE	2,155	38.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lompret	59	27 km NE	2,155	38.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Dreuil-lès-Amiens	80	77 km SW	1,576	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Viry-Noureuil	02	110 km S	1,651	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Ménétrol	63	521 km S	1,640	55.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Poey-de-Lescar	64	835 km S	1,876	59.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 14 %
Mazères-Lezons	64	840 km S	1,845	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Essars'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
Dreuil-lès-Amiens	80	77 km SW	1,576	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-sous-Saint-Leu	60	149 km S	2,284	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Rozérieulles	57	293 km SE	1,334	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Igoville	27	174 km SW	1,689	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Écalles	76	168 km SW	1,698	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cuffies	02	135 km S	1,733	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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