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Montenescourt

Pas-de-Calais · CC des Campagnes de l'Artois · INSEE 62586

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

Few services 33.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montenescourt (INSEE 62586) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC des Campagnes de l'Artois. Population 443 (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/62586-montenescourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,907 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.56105.6
Housing mix0.9954.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA P'TITE PRIMEUR). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (EMBARQUETTE). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 26). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (LUDI'STYL). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)1LA P'TITE PRIMEURINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1EMBARQUETTEINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 26INSEE 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]
Hairdresser1LUDI'STYLINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 153 peak 2017: 460 2023: 443 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 432 (2012) → 443 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 418 (1990) → 443 (2023): 6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 200, of which 0.5 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.0 km NW (Habarcq)GP — 1.7 km S (Wanquetin)Pharmacy — 1.7 km S (Wanquetin)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.0 km NWGP — 1.7 km SPharmacy — 1.7 km S 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 (Habarcq): 1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Montenescourt): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Wanquetin): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Wanquetin): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Montenescourt): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SAULTY weather station, 10.7 km away at 174 m; the village itself is at 84 m. [11]

The village sits 90 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at SAULTY, 10.7 km away at 174 m, over 29 summers. [11]

That station sits 90 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at AUBIGNY, 7.2 km away at 96 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 — 62586/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62586/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62586/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62586/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62399
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62586
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62874
  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
Saint-Hilaire91211 km S40134.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Luxémont-et-Villotte51230 km SE44826.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Bloye74555 km SE57137Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Cambligneul629.6 km N35233.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Bosc-Bordel76117 km SW45528.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Brousse81732 km S43832.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cambligneul629.6 km N35233.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Bosc-Bordel76117 km SW45528.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire91211 km S40134.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Luxémont-et-Villotte51230 km SE44826.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Bloye74555 km SE57137Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Brousse81732 km S43832.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Montenescourt'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
Saint-Lambert78179 km S44728.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Maizières14246 km SW43726.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Oost-Cappel5970 km N46328.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Quesnoy-sur-Airaines8059 km SW42726.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Ovillers-la-Boisselle8031 km S43127.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Penin6211 km W45831Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %