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Oisy-le-Verger

Pas-de-Calais · CC Osartis Marquion · INSEE 62638

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

Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Oisy-le-Verger (INSEE 62638) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC Osartis Marquion. Population 1,213 (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/62638-oisy-le-verger

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 13,120 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.43104.32
Housing mix0.9754.87

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 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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) (HARGOT). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BOON PIZZA). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN JAURES). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORA ANTONIAZZI, MÉDECIN · ROMUALD ANTONIAZZI, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (OISY LE VERGER AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (MAGALI M.COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES PRES DE L'ABBAYE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 3 × Campsite.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1HARGOTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1BOON PIZZAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN JAURESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2FLORA ANTONIAZZI, MÉDECIN · ROMUALD ANTONIAZZI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DU VERGERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1OISY LE VERGER APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2MAGALI M.COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LES PRES DE L'ABBAYEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,328 2023: 1,213 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,251 (2012) → 1,213 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,301 (1990) → 1,213 (2023): -6.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 539, of which 1.3 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.8 km E (Aubencheul-au-Bac)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.8 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 (Oisy-le-Verger): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Aubencheul-au-Bac): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Oisy-le-Verger): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Oisy-le-Verger): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Oisy-le-Verger): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CAMBRAI-EPINOY weather station, 4.1 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 75 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at CAMBRAI-EPINOY, 4.1 km away at 76 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CAMBRAI-EPINOY, 4.1 km away at 76 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62638/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62638/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62638/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62638/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62638
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59023
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Juniville08131 km SE1,22444.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Ambleny0297 km S1,20533.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Villepinte11779 km S1,24335.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 %
Lamarque33641 km SW1,33544.1Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay33643 km SW1,39541.7Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Marcorignan11781 km S1,33345.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ambleny0297 km S1,20533.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Juniville08131 km SE1,22444.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Lamarque33641 km SW1,33544.1Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay33643 km SW1,39541.7Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Villepinte11779 km S1,24335.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 %
Marcorignan11781 km S1,33345.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Oisy-le-Verger'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
Étrœungt5961 km E1,23328.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Barnabé22484 km SW1,22332.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ô-de-Selle8086 km SW1,14830.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Marcelcave8060 km SW1,30237.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Poulainville8067 km SW1,33534.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Épehy8027 km S1,09935.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %