Houlle

Pas-de-Calais · CA du Pays de Saint-Omer · INSEE 62458

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

Few services 37.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Houlle (INSEE 62458) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA du Pays de Saint-Omer. Population 1,116 (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/62458-houlle

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 13,672 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	25	0
Social	0.82	20	16.42
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.79	10	7.92
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 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]

4 × Restaurant (SARL LE RALLYE D ARTOIS · A LA FERME LOISEL · LA TABLE HOULLOISE · CHEZ MARIE LAURE FRITERIE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (L'ELIXIR · AU BISTROT GOURMAND). ^[4]

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

3 × Campsite (CAMPING DU RIVAGE · LES CHARMILLES · CAMPING LES SAULES). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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	4	SARL LE RALLYE D ARTOIS · A LA FERME LOISEL · LA TABLE HOULLOISE · CHEZ MARIE LAURE FRITERIE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	L'ELIXIR · AU BISTROT GOURMAND	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES FERRY	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	3	CAMPING DU RIVAGE · LES CHARMILLES · CAMPING LES SAULES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 657 peak 2017: 1,127 2023: 1,116 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,052 (2012) → 1,116 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 864 (1990) → 1,116 (2023): 29.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 577, of which 12.7 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.1 km SBakery — 1.2 km SEPharmacy — 1.2 km SEGP — 3.3 km NE 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 (Moulle): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Moulle): 1.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Éperlecques): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Moulle): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Houlle): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.4

Days at or below 0 °C 20.8

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC weather station, 15.9 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[11]

The village sits 138 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. ^[11]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC, 15.9 km away at 145 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 — 62458/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62458/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62458/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62458/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62595
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62297
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62458
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
Mont-Dol	35	376 km SW	1,101	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 78 %
Folligny	50	338 km SW	1,119	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 %
Lanfains	22	457 km SW	1,077	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 68 %
Vert-en-Drouais	28	235 km S	1,123	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 64 %
La Motte-Saint-Jean	71	496 km S	1,170	27	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 34 %
Sainte-Gemme-Moronval	28	235 km S	1,114	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vert-en-Drouais	28	235 km S	1,123	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 64 %
Sainte-Gemme-Moronval	28	235 km S	1,114	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 %
Folligny	50	338 km SW	1,119	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 %
Mont-Dol	35	376 km SW	1,101	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 78 %
Lanfains	22	457 km SW	1,077	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 68 %
La Motte-Saint-Jean	71	496 km S	1,170	27	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 34 %

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