Guarbecque

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62391

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

Few services 35.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guarbecque (INSEE 62391) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 1,381 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 12,194 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.56	10	5.63
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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]

1 × Supermarket (NETTO). ^[4,3]

2 × Restaurant (L'EMBUSCADE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (LE CAMPAGNARD). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DAUDET PERRAULT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-BERNADETTE). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (L'N COIFF · PASSION NUANCES COLOR). ^[4,3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	1	NETTO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	L'EMBUSCADE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	LE CAMPAGNARD	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DAUDET PERRAULT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-BERNADETTE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	L'N COIFF · PASSION NUANCES COLOR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,171 peak 2017: 1,425 2023: 1,381 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,420 (2012) → 1,381 (2023): -2.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,299 (1990) → 1,381 (2023): 6.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 636, of which 0.6 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 0.8 km WGP — 0.9 km WBakery — 1.3 km NW 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 (Isbergues): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Guarbecque): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Isbergues): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Isbergues): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Guarbecque): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.9

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LILLERS weather station, 3.5 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 19 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 3.5 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 691 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LILLERS, 3.5 km away at 19 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62391/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62391/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62391/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62391/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62473
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62391
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
Angy	60	143 km S	1,124	37	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Virelade	33	695 km S	1,124	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 %
Gumbrechtshoffen	67	415 km SE	1,113	24	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Chamarande	91	234 km S	1,089	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Neuve-Chapelle	62	21 km E	1,409	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 %
Longèves	85	521 km SW	1,369	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Neuve-Chapelle	62	21 km E	1,409	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 %
Angy	60	143 km S	1,124	37	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Chamarande	91	234 km S	1,089	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Gumbrechtshoffen	67	415 km SE	1,113	24	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Longèves	85	521 km SW	1,369	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Virelade	33	695 km S	1,124	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Guarbecque'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
Brêmes	62	46 km NW	1,324	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fouilloy	80	79 km S	1,723	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Senier-sous-Avranches	50	349 km SW	1,451	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Barembach	67	416 km SE	810	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Doingt	80	84 km SE	1,389	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saintines	60	146 km S	1,060	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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