Ourton

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62642

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

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

Identity

Ourton (INSEE 62642) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 719 (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/62642-ourton

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 16,282 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.52	10	5.21
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MARIE-PAUL ARMAND). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE CURIE PAGNOL	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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MARIE-PAUL ARMAND	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 732 peak 2012: 793 2023: 719 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 793 (2012) → 719 (2023): -9.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 704 (1990) → 719 (2023): 2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 330, of which 0.9 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.9 km NEFood shop — 2.1 km NEPharmacy — 2.2 km NEBakery — 2.6 km NE 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 (Divion): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Divion): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Divion): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Divion): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ourton): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.2

Days at or below 0 °C 39

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FIEFS weather station, 11.9 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 101 m. ^[10]

The village sits 79 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 13.7 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 82 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,097 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FIEFS, 11.9 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62642/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62642/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62642/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62642/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62270
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62642
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
Schœnenbourg	67	425 km E	720	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Orignolles	17	615 km S	698	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Servais	29	525 km W	784	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Berville-en-Caux	76	144 km SW	698	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Austreberthe	76	144 km SW	662	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Blacqueville	76	152 km SW	660	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Austreberthe	76	144 km SW	662	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Berville-en-Caux	76	144 km SW	698	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Blacqueville	76	152 km SW	660	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Schœnenbourg	67	425 km E	720	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Servais	29	525 km W	784	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Orignolles	17	615 km S	698	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 97 %

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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 Ourton'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
Berville-en-Caux	76	144 km SW	698	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Austreberthe	76	144 km SW	662	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Blacqueville	76	152 km SW	660	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sepmeries	59	80 km E	640	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bertangles	80	56 km S	815	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Floris	62	20 km N	618	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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