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Estevelles

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Lens - Liévin · INSEE 62311

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

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Estevelles (INSEE 62311) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Lens - Liévin. Population 1,979 (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/62311-estevelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 9,691 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.34258.55
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture050
Population trend0.71107.15
Housing mix0.9954.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA CH'TITE BOULANGERIE · LES GATEAUX DE MARGAUX). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3]

2 × Restaurant (LE CH'TI TRAITEUR PHI PHI). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LOUIS-ANTOINE COUVREUR, MÉDECIN · ALEXIS DI IULIO, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES FETES). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (ESPACE 48 BY PATRICIA · FAB COIFFURE A DOMICILE - ANIMAL' LOVER- LA FABRIK DE VAL · AQUARELLE COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2LA CH'TITE BOULANGERIE · LES GATEAUX DE MARGAUXINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2LE CH'TI TRAITEUR PHI PHIINSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2LOUIS-ANTOINE COUVREUR, MÉDECIN · ALEXIS DI IULIO, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE DES FETESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3ESPACE 48 BY PATRICIA · FAB COIFFURE A DOMICILE - ANIMAL' LOVER- LA FABRIK DE VAL · AQUARELLE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,237 peak 2017: 2,044 2023: 1,979 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,981 (2012) → 1,979 (2023): -0.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,629 (1990) → 1,979 (2023): 21.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 787, of which 0.3 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 1.8 km W (Pont-à-Vendin)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.8 km W 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 (Estevelles): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Estevelles): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Estevelles): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Pont-à-Vendin): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Estevelles): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LOISON-SOUS-L. weather station, 5.3 km away at 27 m; the village itself is at 26 m. [10]

An average of 707 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LOISON-SOUS-L., 5.3 km away at 27 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

88 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 164,150 € — 1,748 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62311/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62311/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62311/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62311/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62311
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62666
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Loup-Cammas31761 km S2,33444.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 80 %
La Celle83822 km S1,65948.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 88 %
Deyme31785 km S1,46841.1Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 84 %
Dachstein67396 km SE1,73744.9Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 80 %
Saméon5930 km E1,70437.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Montfaucon25428 km SE1,62240.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 18 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saméon5930 km E1,70437.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Dachstein67396 km SE1,73744.9Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 80 %
Montfaucon25428 km SE1,62240.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 18 %
Saint-Loup-Cammas31761 km S2,33444.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 80 %
Deyme31785 km S1,46841.1Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 84 %
La Celle83822 km S1,65948.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 88 %

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