Gauchin-Légal

Identity

Gauchin-Légal (INSEE 62366) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 296 (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/62366-gauchin-legal

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,802 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (LA RENARDIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE RPI 104). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 337 (2012) → 296 (2023): -12.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 296 (1990) → 296 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 143, of which 1.4 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Servins): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Barlin): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Maisnil-lès-Ruitz): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Houdain): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Gauchin-Légal): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LILLERS weather station, 19.2 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[13]

The village sits 71 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

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

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 19.2 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 71 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at AUBIGNY, 6.8 km away at 96 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62366/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62366/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62366/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62366/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62793
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62083
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62540
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62457
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62366
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024