Fouquières-lès-Lens

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Lens - Liévin · INSEE 62351

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

Partly served 47.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fouquières-lès-Lens (INSEE 62351) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Lens - Liévin. Population 6,087 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62351-fouquieres-les-lens

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 29 % of the 3,895 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	0.38	25	9.52
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.55	10	5.53
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.36	10	3.65
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'OPERA · O'GOURMANDISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MARCHE FOUQUIERES LES LENS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EL KADI MOHAMED · FOUQUIERES MARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (ANDALOUSIA · ZYGANA · LA FRITE AMERICAINE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JULES FERRY · ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MACE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CONDORCET-CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE EMILE ZOLA). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EVELYNE CEMPEL, MÉDECIN · GERARD NANSION, MÉDECIN · PATRICE VACHALA, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC DRACON, MÉDECIN · SAMIRA EL AHMAR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SALENGRO · SELARL PHARMACIE ALESSANDRO). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE JULES MOUSSERON). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (STADE LEO LAGRANGE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF CHARLES HUMEZ). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (KEL COIFF !). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	L'OPERA · O'GOURMANDISE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MARCHE FOUQUIERES LES LENS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	EL KADI MOHAMED · FOUQUIERES MARKET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	ALDI MARCHE	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	4	ANDALOUSIA · ZYGANA · LA FRITE AMERICAINE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE JULES FERRY · ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MACE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CONDORCET-CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE EMILE ZOLA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	EVELYNE CEMPEL, MÉDECIN · GERARD NANSION, MÉDECIN · PATRICE VACHALA, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC DRACON, MÉDECIN · SAMIRA EL AHMAR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE SALENGRO · SELARL PHARMACIE ALESSANDRO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE JULES MOUSSERON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	STADE LEO LAGRANGE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF CHARLES HUMEZ	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	KEL COIFF !	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 8,801 2023: 6,087 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,521 (2012) → 6,087 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 7,038 (1990) → 6,087 (2023): -13.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,602, of which 0.4 % second homes and 7.5 % 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 (Fouquières-lès-Lens): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fouquières-lès-Lens): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fouquières-lès-Lens): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fouquières-lès-Lens): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fouquières-lès-Lens): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 43.2

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LOISON-SOUS-L. weather station, 3.5 km away at 27 m; the village itself is at 26 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at ARRAS, 19.6 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 707 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LOISON-SOUS-L., 3.5 km away at 27 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62351/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62351/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62351/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62351/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62351
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
Villabé	91	207 km S	5,830	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-le-Roi	78	176 km S	6,332	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chambourcy	78	181 km S	5,847	51.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Cormontreuil	51	157 km SE	6,534	63.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Longueau	80	74 km SW	5,680	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Beuvrages	59	43 km E	6,796	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beuvrages	59	43 km E	6,796	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Longueau	80	74 km SW	5,680	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cormontreuil	51	157 km SE	6,534	63.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-le-Roi	78	176 km S	6,332	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chambourcy	78	181 km S	5,847	51.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Villabé	91	207 km S	5,830	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Fouquières-lès-Lens'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
Villabé	91	207 km S	5,830	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Longueau	80	74 km SW	5,680	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Beuvrages	59	43 km E	6,796	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saulx-les-Chartreux	91	199 km S	6,733	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes	59	45 km E	7,080	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil	91	204 km S	7,469	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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