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Herly

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Haut Pays du Montreuillois · INSEE 62437

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

Few services 25.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Herly (INSEE 62437) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Haut Pays du Montreuillois. Population 330 (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/62437-herly

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 18,033 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 trend0.51105.12
Housing mix0.7653.81

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 0 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. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 79). [3]

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 / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 79INSEE 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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 407 peak 1982: 413 2023: 330 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 335 (2012) → 330 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 326 (1990) → 330 (2023): 1.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 177, of which 11.9 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.3 km W (Maninghem)Food shop — 5.9 km NW (Hucqueliers)GP — 5.9 km NW (Hucqueliers)Pharmacy — 6.2 km W (Hucqueliers)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.3 km WFood shop — 5.9 km NWGP — 5.9 km NWPharmacy — 6.2 km W 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 (Maninghem): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Hucqueliers): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Hucqueliers): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Hucqueliers): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Herly): 0 km to the east (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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the RADINGHEM weather station, 9 km away at 115 m; the village itself is at 138 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 9 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 1,028 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at RADINGHEM, 9 km away at 115 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62437/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62437/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62437/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62437/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62545
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62463
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62437
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Maigné72326 km SW32626.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Villognon16540 km S33623.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Nogent-sur-Loir72340 km S36125.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 96 %
Sainte-Paule69545 km S33831.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
La Celle18422 km S32626.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mary16537 km S35424.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Maigné72326 km SW32626.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Nogent-sur-Loir72340 km S36125.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 96 %
La Celle18422 km S32626.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mary16537 km S35424.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Villognon16540 km S33623.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Paule69545 km S33831.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · 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 Herly'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
Yvrench8041 km S29626.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Michel-de-Plélan22382 km SW33423Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sains-lès-Marquion6286 km SE31027.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Villainville76159 km SW31321.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Houblonnière14208 km SW32423.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Tœufles8057 km S30818.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %