Izel-lès-Équerchin

Pas-de-Calais · CC Osartis Marquion · INSEE 62476

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

Few services 31.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Izel-lès-Équerchin (INSEE 62476) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC Osartis Marquion. Population 1,040 (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/62476-izel-les-equerchin

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 14,093 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.77	10	7.73
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

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 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CHARRUE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

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

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	1	LA CHARRUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 800 2023: 1,040 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 930 (2012) → 1,040 (2023): 11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 817 (1990) → 1,040 (2023): 27.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 450, of which 0.7 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.2 km EFood shop — 2.8 km WBakery — 2.9 km NPharmacy — 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 (Hénin-Beaumont): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neuvireuil): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Quiéry-la-Motte): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Hénin-Beaumont): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Izel-lès-Équerchin): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 43.2

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LOISON-SOUS-L. weather station, 10.3 km away at 27 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARRAS, 13 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 707 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LOISON-SOUS-L., 10.3 km away at 27 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62476/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62476/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62476/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62476/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62427
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62612
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62680
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62476
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
Saint-Cassin	73	579 km SE	1,046	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Genouph	37	374 km SW	1,019	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Odomez	59	43 km E	945	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vieux-Reng	59	78 km E	938	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Mouliets-et-Villemartin	33	653 km S	1,041	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Auriac-sur-Vendinelle	31	765 km S	1,087	32	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Odomez	59	43 km E	945	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vieux-Reng	59	78 km E	938	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Genouph	37	374 km SW	1,019	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cassin	73	579 km SE	1,046	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Mouliets-et-Villemartin	33	653 km S	1,041	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Auriac-sur-Vendinelle	31	765 km S	1,087	32	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Izel-lès-Équerchin'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
Odomez	59	43 km E	945	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Gemme-Moronval	28	212 km SW	1,114	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vert-en-Drouais	28	215 km SW	1,123	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Savas	07	578 km S	896	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Aigneville	80	102 km W	904	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Caugé	27	203 km SW	807	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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