Lespesses

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62500

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

Few services 21.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lespesses (INSEE 62500) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 402 (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/62500-lespesses

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 18,023 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	20	0
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.47	10	4.69
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DU MEUNIER VILLAGE RPI 85 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HAMEAU DE FAUQUENHEM). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE DU MEUNIER VILLAGE RPI 85 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HAMEAU DE FAUQUENHEM	INSEE BPE 2 [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 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 381 peak 2007: 419 2023: 402 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 407 (2012) → 402 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 415 (1990) → 402 (2023): -3.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 201, of which 3 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.3 km NEBakery — 2.6 km NPharmacy — 2.8 km NGP — 2.9 km N 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 (Norrent-Fontes): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bourecq): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Norrent-Fontes): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Norrent-Fontes): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lespesses): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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, 5.6 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 37 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 5.6 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 691 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LILLERS, 5.6 km away at 19 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 — 62500/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62500/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62500/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62500/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62620
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62500
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
Presles-et-Thierny	02	145 km SE	401	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Escoire	24	607 km S	401	20	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Deuxville	54	362 km SE	400	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Villereau	45	279 km S	407	21.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Achy	60	117 km S	408	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Prunay-le-Temple	78	197 km S	409	24.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Achy	60	117 km S	408	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Presles-et-Thierny	02	145 km SE	401	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Prunay-le-Temple	78	197 km S	409	24.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Villereau	45	279 km S	407	21.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Deuxville	54	362 km SE	400	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Escoire	24	607 km S	401	20	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Lespesses'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
Ransart	62	44 km SE	407	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-Saint-Christophe	02	99 km SE	418	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Livilliers	95	165 km S	389	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bailleul-lès-Pernes	62	6.6 km S	408	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Licourt	80	89 km S	395	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Béthancourt-en-Vaux	02	116 km SE	421	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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