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Flers

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Ternois · INSEE 62337

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

No daily shops 18.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Flers (INSEE 62337) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Ternois. Population 227 (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/62337-flers

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 16,726 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.53105.27
Housing mix0.8154.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 4). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 4INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 250 2023: 227 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 207 (2012) → 227 (2023): 9.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 221 (1990) → 227 (2023): 2.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 107, of which 9.3 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.1 km S (Ligny-sur-Canche)GP — 4.1 km SW (Boubers-sur-Canche)Bakery — 5.6 km SE (Frévent)Pharmacy — 5.7 km SE (Frévent)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km SGP — 4.1 km SWBakery — 5.6 km SEPharmacy — 5.7 km SE 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 (Frévent): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ligny-sur-Canche): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Boubers-sur-Canche): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Frévent): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Flers): 0 km to the east (straight line). [11]

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the HUMIERES_SAPC weather station, 8 km away at 127 m; the village itself is at 130 m. [12]

An average of 928 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BOURET-SUR-CAN, 7.6 km away at 77 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62337/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62337/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62337/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62337/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62361
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62513
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62158
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62337
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Frichoux11787 km S22421.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 85 %
Sedze-Maubecq64796 km S22519.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 %
Brie-sous-Archiac17572 km S22316No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 89 %
Rumilly6233 km NW23717No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Tourtrol09807 km S23820.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %
Baromesnil7671 km SW21815.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rumilly6233 km NW23717No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Baromesnil7671 km SW21815.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Brie-sous-Archiac17572 km S22316No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Frichoux11787 km S22421.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 85 %
Sedze-Maubecq64796 km S22519.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 %
Tourtrol09807 km S23820.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %

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