Norrent-Fontes

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62620

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

Few services 36.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Norrent-Fontes (INSEE 62620) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 1,381 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/62620-norrent-fontes

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 41 % of the 12,194 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.42	10	4.21
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DEFOSSEZ DEMARLE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE TOM TIP · LE PARK · LE VINCENNES). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE BERNARD CHOCHOY). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTOPHE CARON, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE BERNARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU MARAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (NORRENT FONTES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE L'ARCHE DE NORRENT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE BERNARD CHOCHOY). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE SALON BY CINDY). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DEFOSSEZ DEMARLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	3	LE TOM TIP · LE PARK · LE VINCENNES	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE BERNARD CHOCHOY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	CHRISTOPHE CARON, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE BERNARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU MARAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	NORRENT FONTES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE L'ARCHE DE NORRENT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COLLEGE BERNARD CHOCHOY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	LE SALON BY CINDY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 1,343 peak 1990: 1,499 2023: 1,381 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,459 (2012) → 1,381 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,499 (1990) → 1,381 (2023): -7.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 650, of which 0.6 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.1 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 (Norrent-Fontes): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bourecq): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Norrent-Fontes): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Norrent-Fontes): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Norrent-Fontes): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.9

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LILLERS weather station, 6.1 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 28 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 6.1 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 691 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LILLERS, 6.1 km away at 19 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62620/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62620/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62620/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62620/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62620
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62162
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
Coron	49	445 km SW	1,603	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Neuville-Saint-Vaast	62	36 km SE	1,628	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pouru-Saint-Remy	08	215 km SE	1,106	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Grandfresnoy	60	136 km S	1,829	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Us	95	168 km S	1,374	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Rouziers-de-Touraine	37	365 km S	1,362	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Neuville-Saint-Vaast	62	36 km SE	1,628	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Grandfresnoy	60	136 km S	1,829	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Us	95	168 km S	1,374	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pouru-Saint-Remy	08	215 km SE	1,106	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Rouziers-de-Touraine	37	365 km S	1,362	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Coron	49	445 km SW	1,603	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · 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 Norrent-Fontes'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
Neuville-Saint-Vaast	62	36 km SE	1,628	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Grandfresnoy	60	136 km S	1,829	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Us	95	168 km S	1,374	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Marcelcave	80	83 km S	1,302	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubert	59	83 km SE	1,570	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hardinghen	62	48 km NW	1,270	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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