Heuchin

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Ternois · INSEE 62451

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

Partly served 47.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Heuchin (INSEE 62451) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Ternois. Population 482 (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/62451-heuchin

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 17,875 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.44	10	4.38
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EURL GOURNAY). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA BARQUE A FRITES · AU P'TIT JEAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BAR JO). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JACQUES PREVERT). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE LA SOURCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (HEUCHIN AP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DU FAULX). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	EURL GOURNAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	2	LA BARQUE A FRITES · AU P'TIT JEAN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BAR JO	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JACQUES PREVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DE LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	HEUCHIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DU FAULX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 603 2023: 482 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 560 (2012) → 482 (2023): -13.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 514 (1990) → 482 (2023): -6.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 245, of which 3.3 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 2.8 km SFood shop — 3.3 km S 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 (Heuchin): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Anvin): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Anvin): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Heuchin): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Heuchin): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.6

Days at or below 0 °C 38

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FIEFS weather station, 5.1 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 83 m. ^[10]

The village sits 97 m below 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 13.8 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,097 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FIEFS, 5.1 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

36 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 101,000 € — 806 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits below 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 — 62451/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62451/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62451/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62451/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62451
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62036
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
Gy-l'Évêque	89	320 km S	442	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Baupte	50	291 km SW	436	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon	12	725 km S	475	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Jâlons	51	213 km SE	549	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Liart	08	167 km SE	585	49.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 47 %
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux	21	426 km SE	385	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Liart	08	167 km SE	585	49.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 47 %
Jâlons	51	213 km SE	549	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Baupte	50	291 km SW	436	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gy-l'Évêque	89	320 km S	442	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux	21	426 km SE	385	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon	12	725 km S	475	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · 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 Heuchin'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
Baupte	50	291 km SW	436	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Ribay	53	303 km SW	463	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Athies	80	86 km SE	614	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Marly-Gomont	02	126 km SE	483	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Croix-en-Brie	77	217 km S	681	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Senarpont	80	76 km SW	623	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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