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Maizières

Pas-de-Calais · CC des Campagnes de l'Artois · INSEE 62542

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 13.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maizières (INSEE 62542) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC des Campagnes de l'Artois. Population 205 (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/62542-maizieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 16,110 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.66106.58
Housing mix0.9454.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 223 2023: 205 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 174 (2012) → 205 (2023): 17.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 177 (1990) → 205 (2023): 15.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 93, of which 3.2 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.4 km N (Averdoingt)Bakery — 4.3 km NE (Tincques)Food shop — 4.3 km NE (Tincques)GP — 4.5 km NE (Tincques)Pharmacy — 7.7 km SE (Avesnes-le-Comte)
Primary school — 2.4 km NBakery — 4.3 km NEFood shop — 4.3 km NEGP — 4.5 km NEPharmacy — 7.7 km SE 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 (Tincques): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Tincques): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Tincques): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Avesnes-le-Comte): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Averdoingt): 2.4 km to the north (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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SAULTY weather station, 12.5 km away at 174 m; the village itself is at 140 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at SAULTY, 12.5 km away at 174 m, over 29 summers. [11]

An average of 962 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST-POL-TERNOISE, 10.6 km away at 129 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62542/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62542/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62542/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62542/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62820
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62063
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62061
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sons-et-Ronchères02108 km SE2059.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Mayot0296 km SE20713No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Brie09795 km S20717.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Bussu8056 km SE20710.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Le Heaulme95133 km S20712.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lhéraule60100 km S20317.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bussu8056 km SE20710.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mayot0296 km SE20713No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Lhéraule60100 km S20317.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Sons-et-Ronchères02108 km SE2059.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Le Heaulme95133 km S20712.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Brie09795 km S20717.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 92 % · 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 Maizières'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bussu8056 km SE20710.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Le Heaulme95133 km S20712.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Templeux-le-Guérard8064 km SE19810.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fouilloy6079 km SW21013.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Rouvroy-en-Santerre8064 km S20912.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Maucourt8063 km S20517.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %