Mercatel

Pas-de-Calais · CU d'Arras · INSEE 62568

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

Few services 28.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mercatel (INSEE 62568) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CU d'Arras. Population 730 (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/62568-mercatel

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 16,227 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.48	10	4.75
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.84	10	8.37
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

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 1 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]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SARA ELIOT, MÉDECIN · LAURENT AUVERLOT, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE MATHYS-CROMBEZ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L' UNIV HAIR D' HELENE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	SARA ELIOT, MÉDECIN · LAURENT AUVERLOT, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE MATHYS-CROMBEZ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [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	L' UNIV HAIR D' HELENE	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: 446 2023: 730 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 611 (2012) → 730 (2023): 19.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 546 (1990) → 730 (2023): 33.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 304, of which 1 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.5 km NWFood shop — 2.1 km NEBakery — 2.6 km SEPharmacy — 3.0 km SW 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 (Boiry-Becquerelle): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neuville-Vitasse): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mercatel): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Boisleux-au-Mont): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.8

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARRAS weather station, 5.8 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ARRAS, 5.8 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 674 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARRAS, 5.8 km away at 74 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 — 62568/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62568/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62568/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62568/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62144
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62611
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62568
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62151
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
Henriville	57	318 km E	742	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Caffiers	62	97 km NW	734	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Davayat	63	477 km S	666	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Thil-Manneville	76	136 km W	659	27	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Marches	26	610 km S	866	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe	59	80 km E	733	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe	59	80 km E	733	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Caffiers	62	97 km NW	734	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Thil-Manneville	76	136 km W	659	27	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Henriville	57	318 km E	742	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Davayat	63	477 km S	666	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Marches	26	610 km S	866	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · 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 Mercatel'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
Caffiers	62	97 km NW	734	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe	59	80 km E	733	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Barbery	14	264 km SW	760	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Plessier-Rozainvillers	80	57 km S	753	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes	59	43 km NE	536	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fay	72	317 km SW	751	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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