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Maintenay

Pas-de-Calais · CC des 7 Vallées · INSEE 62538

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

Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maintenay (INSEE 62538) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC des 7 Vallées. Population 451 (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/62538-maintenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,929 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.68106.84
Housing mix0.7453.69

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 PIZZ\ DES 7 VALLEES & LA FRITE\ DES 7 VALLEES). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 63). [3]

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

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LA PIZZ\ DES 7 VALLEES & LA FRITE\ DES 7 VALLEESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 63INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 375 2023: 451 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 391 (2012) → 451 (2023): 15.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 381 (1990) → 451 (2023): 18.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 229, of which 13.1 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 2.4 km NE (Buire-le-Sec)GP — 5.3 km NE (Campagne-lès-Hesdin)Bakery — 5.6 km NE (Campagne-lès-Hesdin)Pharmacy — 5.9 km NE (Campagne-lès-Hesdin)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km NEGP — 5.3 km NEBakery — 5.6 km NEPharmacy — 5.9 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 (Campagne-lès-Hesdin): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Buire-le-Sec): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Campagne-lès-Hesdin): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Campagne-lès-Hesdin): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Maintenay): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MARCONNELLE weather station, 15.4 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 13 m. [11]

An average of 910 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at RANG-DU-FLIERS, 12.7 km away at 16 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 165,000 € — 1,085 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62538/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62538/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62538/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62538/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62204
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62183
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62538
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Marchampt69515 km SE45038Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 70 %
Condal71504 km SE46235.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 89 %
Céaux50301 km SW41432.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %
Roynac26678 km S47739.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 76 %
Conflans-sur-Anille72280 km S46831.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Ravilloles39528 km SE43437.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 28 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Conflans-sur-Anille72280 km S46831.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Céaux50301 km SW41432.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %
Condal71504 km SE46235.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 89 %
Marchampt69515 km SE45038Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 70 %
Ravilloles39528 km SE43437.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 28 %
Roynac26678 km S47739.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 76 %

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