Bellinghem

Pas-de-Calais · CA du Pays de Saint-Omer · INSEE 62471

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

Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bellinghem (INSEE 62471) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA du Pays de Saint-Omer. Population 1,062 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-09-01 from 1 former commune: Herbelles (62431). ^[3]

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/62471-bellinghem

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 13,969 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	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

3 × Restaurant (LA FRITAKAT). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE SIMONE VEIL). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	3	LA FRITAKAT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE SIMONE VEIL	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 520 peak 2017: 1,070 2023: 1,062 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 945 (2012) → 1,062 (2023): 12.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 631 (1990) → 1,062 (2023): 68.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 435, of which 0.5 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.0 km SWPharmacy — 3.1 km EFood shop — 3.2 km NGP — 3.2 km EBakery — 3.6 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 (Thérouanne): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Helfaut): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Ecques): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Ecques): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bellinghem): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.8

Days at or below 0 °C 23.2

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC weather station, 12.7 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[13]

The village sits 78 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 16 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC, 12.7 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62471/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62471/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62471/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62471/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62811
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62423
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62288
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62471
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
La Maxe	57	328 km SE	1,056	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Maulévrier-Sainte-Gertrude	76	165 km SW	1,053	22.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Pasly	02	160 km SE	1,100	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Remilly-sur-Tille	21	431 km SE	1,015	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Moineville	54	311 km SE	1,114	30	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Élesmes	59	131 km E	1,013	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Élesmes	59	131 km E	1,013	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Pasly	02	160 km SE	1,100	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Maulévrier-Sainte-Gertrude	76	165 km SW	1,053	22.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Moineville	54	311 km SE	1,114	30	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
La Maxe	57	328 km SE	1,056	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Remilly-sur-Tille	21	431 km SE	1,015	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 28 % · 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 Bellinghem'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
Yvetot-Bocage	50	298 km SW	1,212	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Trégomeur	22	437 km SW	945	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Offekerque	62	34 km NW	1,291	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie	85	529 km SW	1,234	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Craywick	59	34 km N	791	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fresquiennes	76	151 km SW	1,079	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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