Laires

Pas-de-Calais · CA du Pays de Saint-Omer · INSEE 62485

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

Few services 33.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Laires (INSEE 62485) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA du Pays de Saint-Omer. Population 365 (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/62485-laires

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 18,070 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.58	10	5.83
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 113). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 113	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	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: 347 2023: 365 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 359 (2012) → 365 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 337 (1990) → 365 (2023): 8.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 152, of which 3.3 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 3.8 km NEBakery — 4.3 km NFood shop — 5.7 km NEGP — 6.1 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 (Bomy): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Enquin-lez-Guinegatte): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Enquin-lez-Guinegatte): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fléchin): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Laires): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7

Days at or below 0 °C 51.6

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FIEFS weather station, 6.6 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 183 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 9.8 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 68 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,097 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FIEFS, 6.6 km away at 180 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 — 62485/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62485/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62485/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62485/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62153
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62295
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62336
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62485
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
Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas	76	106 km SW	444	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Macé	61	261 km SW	460	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chambœuf	21	416 km SE	374	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Canchy	80	47 km SW	348	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Aibes	59	135 km E	350	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lieudieu	38	605 km S	345	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Canchy	80	47 km SW	348	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas	76	106 km SW	444	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Aibes	59	135 km E	350	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Macé	61	261 km SW	460	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chambœuf	21	416 km SE	374	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Lieudieu	38	605 km S	345	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · 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 Laires'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
Macé	61	261 km SW	460	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Aibes	59	135 km E	350	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Francastel	60	106 km S	497	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chèvreville	60	165 km S	399	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pfalzweyer	67	409 km SE	329	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Hermelinghen	62	40 km NW	407	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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