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Palluel

Pas-de-Calais · CC Osartis Marquion · INSEE 62646

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

Few services 26.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Palluel (INSEE 62646) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC Osartis Marquion. Population 566 (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/62646-palluel

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,371 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.58105.78
Housing mix0.7653.81

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 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 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN-FRANCOIS LEMAIRE). [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, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN-FRANCOIS LEMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 508 2023: 566 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 547 (2012) → 566 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 525 (1990) → 566 (2023): 7.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 320, of which 11.9 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.4 km N (Arleux)GP — 1.4 km N (Arleux)Pharmacy — 1.5 km N (Arleux)Food shop — 1.9 km N (Arleux)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km NGP — 1.4 km NPharmacy — 1.5 km NFood shop — 1.9 km N 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 (Arleux): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Arleux): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Arleux): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Arleux): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Palluel): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

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, 6.5 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 42 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at CAMBRAI-EPINOY, 6.5 km away at 76 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 736 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 5.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MARQUION, 6.5 km away at 63 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

32 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 134,750 € — 1,586 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62646/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62646/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62646/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62646/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59015
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62646
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mondorff57243 km E60934Few servicesno figures
Fouchy67371 km SE63528.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Buno-Bonnevaux91218 km S52727.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Senlisse78193 km SW51130.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Épiais-Rhus95147 km SW60327.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Puyravault85531 km SW64231.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 84 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Épiais-Rhus95147 km SW60327.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Senlisse78193 km SW51130.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Buno-Bonnevaux91218 km S52727.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mondorff57243 km E60934Few servicesno figures
Fouchy67371 km SE63528.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Puyravault85531 km SW64231.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 84 %

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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 Palluel'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
Senlisse78193 km SW51130.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Épiais-Rhus95147 km SW60327.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Mauperthuis77167 km S49528.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Frémécourt95150 km SW52630.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vecquemont8062 km SW53129Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Brégy60133 km S62733.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %