Louches

Pas-de-Calais · CC Pays d'Opale · INSEE 62531

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

Partly served 43.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Louches (INSEE 62531) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC Pays d'Opale. Population 947 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 43.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 14,674 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.81	10	8.12
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER 76). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZA DELICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES PETITS ARTISTES RPI 143). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	L'ATELIER 76	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	PIZZA DELICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES PETITS ARTISTES RPI 143	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 696 peak 2017: 960 2023: 947 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 943 (2012) → 947 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 722 (1990) → 947 (2023): 31.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 430, of which 3.3 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.0 km SEFood shop — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 3.2 km NWGP — 3.3 km NW 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 (Louches): 1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Autingues): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ardres): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ardres): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Louches): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.8

Days at or below 0 °C 48.7

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 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LICQUES weather station, 6.6 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 27 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CALAIS-MARCK, 14.8 km away at 2 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,132 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LICQUES, 6.6 km away at 73 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 — 62531/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62531/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62531/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62531/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62531
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62038
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-Pierre-de-Clairac	47	745 km S	899	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Flêtre	59	46 km E	923	49	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sorlin-de-Vienne	38	635 km S	964	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Cuigy-en-Bray	60	157 km S	987	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Auxy	71	466 km SE	915	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Bailleul	27	195 km S	973	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Flêtre	59	46 km E	923	49	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Cuigy-en-Bray	60	157 km S	987	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Bailleul	27	195 km S	973	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Auxy	71	466 km SE	915	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sorlin-de-Vienne	38	635 km S	964	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Clairac	47	745 km S	899	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · 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 Louches'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
Cuigy-en-Bray	60	157 km S	987	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Glos	14	226 km SW	931	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-sur-Verberie	60	180 km S	724	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saulty	62	78 km SE	750	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Odomez	59	116 km E	945	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Hypercourt	80	129 km SE	679	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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