Houchin

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62456

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

Few services 26.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Houchin (INSEE 62456) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 738 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/62456-houchin

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 16,127 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.61	10	6.11
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / 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

1968: 690 2023: 738 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 698 (2012) → 738 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 664 (1990) → 738 (2023): 11.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 320, of which 0.6 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.4 km NEBakery — 2.7 km SPharmacy — 2.7 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 (Barlin): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Houchin): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Verquin): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Barlin): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Houchin): 0.1 km to the north (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. ^[11]

Measured at the LILLERS weather station, 14.1 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 55 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 14.1 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LENS, 13.5 km away at 43 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62456/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62456/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62456/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62456/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62083
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62456
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62848
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
Soindres	78	183 km S	757	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Millonfosse	59	54 km E	705	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pelves	62	30 km SE	770	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Oisy	59	59 km E	699	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cutry	54	249 km SE	1,032	22	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Toussaint	76	177 km SW	692	30.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pelves	62	30 km SE	770	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Millonfosse	59	54 km E	705	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Oisy	59	59 km E	699	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Toussaint	76	177 km SW	692	30.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 %
Soindres	78	183 km S	757	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cutry	54	249 km SE	1,032	22	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · 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 Houchin'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
Soindres	78	183 km S	757	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Millonfosse	59	54 km E	705	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pelves	62	30 km SE	770	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Oisy	59	59 km E	699	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Willerval	62	21 km SE	660	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cerisé	61	290 km SW	844	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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