Ouve-Wirquin

Identity

Ouve-Wirquin (INSEE 62644) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Pays de Lumbres. Population 493 (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/62644-ouve-wirquin

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 17,768 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RPI 116). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 524 (2012) → 493 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 486 (1990) → 493 (2023): 1.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 234, of which 4.7 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cléty): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Saint-Martin-d'Hardinghem): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Fauquembergues): 6.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Ouve-Wirquin): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC weather station, 6.3 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 62 m. ^[13]

The village sits 83 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 11.5 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 53 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC, 6.3 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62644/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62644/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62644/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62644/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62229
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62067
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62760
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62325
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62644
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024