Hinges

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62454

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

Partly served 52.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hinges (INSEE 62454) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 2,485 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62454-hinges

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 8,292 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.84	10	8.39
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DELOMMEZ · JE FAIS MON PAIN AU LEVAIN · DELYCIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ JULIEN). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (DEL'PIZZA · LT RECEPTIONS · AU PETIT AMERICAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PETIT BAUDET). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES TILLEULS). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER THERET, MÉDECIN · ANNE CARON, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS BROUSSE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (LE P'TIT SALON · MAGNIFIQUEMENT RELOOKE · LAURENCE COIFFURE · STYL'MOD). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DELOMMEZ · JE FAIS MON PAIN AU LEVAIN · DELYCIA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHEZ JULIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	DEL'PIZZA · LT RECEPTIONS · AU PETIT AMERICAIN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE PETIT BAUDET	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LES TILLEULS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	OLIVIER THERET, MÉDECIN · ANNE CARON, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS BROUSSE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	6	LE P'TIT SALON · MAGNIFIQUEMENT RELOOKE · LAURENCE COIFFURE · STYL'MOD	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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

1968: 1,320 2023: 2,485 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,291 (2012) → 2,485 (2023): 8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,856 (1990) → 2,485 (2023): 33.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,103, of which 0.8 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.1 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 (Hinges): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hinges): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Hinges): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Annezin): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Hinges): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.3

Days at or below 0 °C 55

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the RICHEBOURG weather station, 8.7 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 44 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 8.9 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 745 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RICHEBOURG, 8.7 km away at 18 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 — 62454/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62454/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62454/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62454/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62454
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62035
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
Méreau	18	381 km S	2,632	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Plouisy	22	473 km SW	2,007	45.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Val d'Arry	14	279 km SW	2,496	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
La Couture	62	6.9 km E	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Courtisols	51	222 km SE	2,343	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Nomain	59	45 km E	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Couture	62	6.9 km E	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Nomain	59	45 km E	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Courtisols	51	222 km SE	2,343	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Val d'Arry	14	279 km SW	2,496	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Méreau	18	381 km S	2,632	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Plouisy	22	473 km SW	2,007	45.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Hinges'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
La Couture	62	6.9 km E	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Courtisols	51	222 km SE	2,343	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Richebourg	62	8.4 km E	2,687	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint Martin de l'If	76	169 km SW	1,736	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bruille-Saint-Amand	59	65 km E	1,698	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Allouville-Bellefosse	76	176 km SW	1,153	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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