Ficheux

Pas-de-Calais · CU d'Arras · INSEE 62332

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ficheux (INSEE 62332) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CU d'Arras. Population 496 (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/62332-ficheux

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,779 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.35	10	3.46
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE CHEF GOURMET). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE RPI 99). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	1	LE CHEF GOURMET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE RPI 99	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 368 peak 1990: 586 2023: 496 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 476 (2012) → 496 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 586 (1990) → 496 (2023): -15.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 233, of which 0.9 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 3.3 km SEGP — 3.7 km EFood shop — 3.8 km WBakery — 5.1 km NE 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 (Beaurains): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rivière): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Pharmacy (Boisleux-au-Mont): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Ficheux): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.8

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ARRAS weather station, 9.9 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[13]

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

Humidity measured at ARRAS, 9.9 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. ^[13]

An average of 674 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ARRAS, 9.9 km away at 74 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 — 62332/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62332/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62332/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62332/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62099
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62712
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62568
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62151
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62332
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
Ruvigny	10	241 km SE	501	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Cardan	33	658 km S	510	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %
Cléry-en-Vexin	95	138 km SW	476	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bézac	09	792 km S	485	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Maine-de-Boixe	16	522 km S	473	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Margny-sur-Matz	60	79 km S	531	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Margny-sur-Matz	60	79 km S	531	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Cléry-en-Vexin	95	138 km SW	476	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ruvigny	10	241 km SE	501	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Maine-de-Boixe	16	522 km S	473	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Cardan	33	658 km S	510	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %
Bézac	09	792 km S	485	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Ficheux'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
Cléry-en-Vexin	95	138 km SW	476	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Margny-sur-Matz	60	79 km S	531	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Francières	60	87 km S	543	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Brétigny	60	78 km S	435	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Rodelinghem	62	89 km NW	558	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hébécourt	80	57 km SW	576	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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