Hardinghen
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Hardinghen (INSEE 62412) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC Pays d'Opale. Population 1,270 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/62412-hardinghen
Vitality score
Vitality score 38.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 49 % of the 12,877 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 | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.75 | 10 | 7.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.67 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PARADIS SUCRE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (AU LION D'OR). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RODOLPHE ROHART, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME HECQUET, MÉDECIN · PIERRE DELEPORTE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES 2 CAPS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (HARDINGHEN AP). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (DAQUIN AURELIE - COIFFEUSE A DOMICI · CREATIVE COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE PARADIS SUCRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | AU LION D'OR | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | RODOLPHE ROHART, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME HECQUET, MÉDECIN · PIERRE DELEPORTE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DES 2 CAPS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | HARDINGHEN 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 | 2 | DAQUIN AURELIE - COIFFEUSE A DOMICI · CREATIVE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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
Population 1,163 (2012) → 1,270 (2023): 9.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,013 (1990) → 1,270 (2023): 25.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 547, of which 3.3 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Hardinghen): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Hermelinghen): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Hardinghen): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Hardinghen): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Hardinghen): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BAINGHEN_SAPC weather station, 8.2 km away at 117 m; the village itself is at 92 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BOULOGNE-SEM, 17.3 km away at 73 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 1,136 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BAINGHEN_SAPC, 8.2 km away at 117 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
78 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 195,150 € — 1,478 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62412/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62412/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62412/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62412/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62412
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62439
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- 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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Englefontaine | 59 | 146 km SE | 1,291 | 35.1 | Few services | no figures |
| Saint-Souplet | 59 | 147 km SE | 1,191 | 39.6 | Few services | no figures |
| Boué | 02 | 159 km SE | 1,315 | 44.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chépy | 80 | 83 km S | 1,190 | 34.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bréauté | 76 | 165 km SW | 1,329 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 % |
| Sains-en-Amiénois | 80 | 115 km S | 1,187 | 31.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chépy | 80 | 83 km S | 1,190 | 34.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sains-en-Amiénois | 80 | 115 km S | 1,187 | 31.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Englefontaine | 59 | 146 km SE | 1,291 | 35.1 | Few services | no figures |
| Saint-Souplet | 59 | 147 km SE | 1,191 | 39.6 | Few services | no figures |
| Boué | 02 | 159 km SE | 1,315 | 44.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bréauté | 76 | 165 km SW | 1,329 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 % |
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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 Hardinghen'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chépy | 80 | 83 km S | 1,190 | 34.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Norrent-Fontes | 62 | 48 km SE | 1,381 | 36.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bourneville-Sainte-Croix | 27 | 179 km SW | 1,252 | 60.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay | 14 | 253 km SW | 1,362 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rolleville | 76 | 177 km SW | 1,209 | 27.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Wardrecques | 62 | 38 km E | 1,328 | 27.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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