Fortel-en-Artois

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Ternois · INSEE 62346

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

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fortel-en-Artois (INSEE 62346) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Ternois. Population 212 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 16,349 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.67	10	6.71
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AU 2 RUE DE LA GARE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 34). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FORTEL EN ARTOIS AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	AU 2 RUE DE LA GARE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 34	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	FORTEL EN ARTOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 187 peak 2012: 222 2023: 212 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 222 (2012) → 212 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 181 (1990) → 212 (2023): 17.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 99, of which 9.1 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.5 km NFood shop — 3.9 km NEBakery — 5.0 km EPharmacy — 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 (Frévent): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ligny-sur-Canche): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Boubers-sur-Canche): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Frévent): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fortel-en-Artois): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.4

Days at or below 0 °C 32.4

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, 14.8 km away at 127 m; the village itself is at 123 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, 6.6 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62346/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62346/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62346/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62346/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62361
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62513
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62158
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62346
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
Landresse	25	456 km SE	236	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 11 %
Saint-Martin-d'Oydes	09	790 km S	250	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 80 %
Grossouvre	18	379 km S	264	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 55 %
Rivehaute	64	804 km S	271	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 15 % · winter 95 %
Castelviel	33	647 km S	205	26	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 97 %
Brieulles-sur-Bar	08	208 km SE	224	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 51 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brieulles-sur-Bar	08	208 km SE	224	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 51 %
Grossouvre	18	379 km S	264	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 55 %
Landresse	25	456 km SE	236	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 11 %
Castelviel	33	647 km S	205	26	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Martin-d'Oydes	09	790 km S	250	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 80 %
Rivehaute	64	804 km S	271	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 15 % · winter 95 %

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