Vivant· Is the village alive?

Fressin

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Haut Pays du Montreuillois · INSEE 62359

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

Few services 24.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fressin (INSEE 62359) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Haut Pays du Montreuillois. Population 579 (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/62359-fressin

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 17,281 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.5105.03
Housing mix0.753.5

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 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 × Café / bar (LES ETANGS DE FRESSIN). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE RPI 40). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (HELENE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 / bar1LES ETANGS DE FRESSININSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE RPI 40INSEE 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]
Hairdresser2HELENE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 536 peak 1982: 585 2023: 579 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 536 (2012) → 579 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 577 (1990) → 579 (2023): 0.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 313, of which 15 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.8 km S (Wamin)Bakery — 6.2 km SE (Auchy-lès-Hesdin)Pharmacy — 6.2 km SE (Auchy-lès-Hesdin)GP — 6.5 km SE (Auchy-lès-Hesdin)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km SBakery — 6.2 km SEPharmacy — 6.2 km SEGP — 6.5 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 (Auchy-lès-Hesdin): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Wamin): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Auchy-lès-Hesdin): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Auchy-lès-Hesdin): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Fressin): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MARCONNELLE weather station, 8.4 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 61 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 12 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 1,002 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MARCONNELLE, 8.4 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

53 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 137,000 € — 1,088 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]

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 — 62359/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62359/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62359/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62359/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62050
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62872
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62359
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. 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-Andelain58355 km S58328.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Avezac-Prat-Lahitte65831 km S58124.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Arconsat63522 km S56522.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Blennes77253 km S54630.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Péault85501 km SW62933.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 76 %
Les Chapelles73642 km SE56830.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Blennes77253 km S54630.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Andelain58355 km S58328.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Péault85501 km SW62933.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 76 %
Arconsat63522 km S56522.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Les Chapelles73642 km SE56830.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Avezac-Prat-Lahitte65831 km S58124.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Fressin'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Caradec-Trégomel56475 km SW46723.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vironchaux8024 km SW50327.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Auteuil60123 km S55431.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lisbourg6213 km NE58228.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Alvimare76139 km SW58428.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Drucourt27187 km SW56817.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %