Offekerque

Pas-de-Calais · CC de la Région d'Audruicq · INSEE 62634

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

Few services 26.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Offekerque (INSEE 62634) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC de la Région d'Audruicq. Population 1,291 (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/62634-offekerque

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 12,747 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ LES FRANGINES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (JESSY HAIRSTYLE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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

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	1	CHEZ LES FRANGINES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE G BRASSENS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	JESSY HAIRSTYLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 635 2023: 1,291 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,121 (2012) → 1,291 (2023): 15.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 759 (1990) → 1,291 (2023): 70.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 531, of which 3.6 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km SEGP — 3.1 km SEPharmacy — 3.1 km SEFood shop — 4.2 km E 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 (Nouvelle-Église): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vieille-Église): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nouvelle-Église): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vieille-Église): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 29.4

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CALAIS-MARCK weather station, 4.8 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 3 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CALAIS-MARCK, 4.8 km away at 2 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 741 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CALAIS-MARCK, 4.8 km away at 2 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62634/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62634/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62634/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62634/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62623
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62852
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62634
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
Chaillac-sur-Vienne	87	569 km S	1,250	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Pérouges	01	607 km SE	1,387	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Yvetot-Bocage	50	298 km SW	1,212	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie	85	545 km SW	1,234	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion	38	646 km SE	1,187	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Treis-Sants-en-Ouche	27	233 km SW	1,321	23	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Treis-Sants-en-Ouche	27	233 km SW	1,321	23	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Yvetot-Bocage	50	298 km SW	1,212	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie	85	545 km SW	1,234	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Chaillac-sur-Vienne	87	569 km S	1,250	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Pérouges	01	607 km SE	1,387	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion	38	646 km SE	1,187	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Offekerque'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
Yvetot-Bocage	50	298 km SW	1,212	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bellinghem	62	34 km SE	1,062	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Toutainville	27	208 km SW	1,274	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Couville	50	305 km SW	1,249	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Roz-Landrieux	35	383 km SW	1,378	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-d'Émalleville	76	191 km SW	1,181	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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