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Pernes

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Ternois · INSEE 62652

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

Partly served 59.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pernes (INSEE 62652) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Ternois. Population 1,574 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/62652-pernes

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 11,262 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 food0.552513.81
Social0.592011.7
Education0.63106.32
Health0.67106.72
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.52105.25
Housing mix0.9854.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ VIRGINIE ET MIKE · CK). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BERNARD MESUREUR ET FILS · EURL PRUVOST GODEFROY). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AUX TROIS S). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CITY). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GRILL PERNES). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE PERNOIS). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL DOLLET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DU BELLIMONT). [3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANTOINE DELFORGE, MÉDECIN · MAURICE PONCHANT, MÉDECIN · VICTORIA DELATTRE, MÉDECIN · DIDIER DEDECKER, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE SCHOMMER, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF LUCE LELEU). [3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL PERNES · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUT.PERNES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE). [3]

5 × Hairdresser (LES BEAUTES DE CAPUCINE · L'ATELIER D'AMANDINE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2CHEZ VIRGINIE ET MIKE · CKINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2BERNARD MESUREUR ET FILS · EURL PRUVOST GODEFROYINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1AUX TROIS SINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket1CARREFOUR CITYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1GRILL PERNESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar3LE PERNOISINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL DOLLET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAMEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE DU BELLIMONTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)6ANTOINE DELFORGE, MÉDECIN · MAURICE PONCHANT, MÉDECIN · VICTORIA DELATTRE, MÉDECIN · DIDIER DEDECKER, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE SCHOMMER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIF LUCE LELEUINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank4CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL PERNES · CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUT.PERNES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCEINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser5LES BEAUTES DE CAPUCINE · L'ATELIER D'AMANDINEINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,696 2023: 1,574 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,627 (2012) → 1,574 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,536 (1990) → 1,574 (2023): 2.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 743, of which 1.2 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Pernes): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pernes): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Pernes): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Pernes): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Pernes): 0.2 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 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the FIEFS weather station, 6.4 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 83 m. [9]

The village sits 97 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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 12.2 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. [9]

That station sits 64 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 1,097 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at FIEFS, 6.4 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62652/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62652/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62652/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62652/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62652
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Neuf-Brisach68462 km SE1,89565.7ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Nesles-la-Vallée95152 km S1,84251.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Monswiller67406 km SE1,99563.6ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Balan08202 km SE1,57951.3Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Bénouville14237 km SW1,98761.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Coquelles6266 km NW2,63874ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Coquelles6266 km NW2,63874ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Nesles-la-Vallée95152 km S1,84251.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Balan08202 km SE1,57951.3Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Bénouville14237 km SW1,98761.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Monswiller67406 km SE1,99563.6ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Neuf-Brisach68462 km SE1,89565.7ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Pernes'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
Bénouville14237 km SW1,98761.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Charmes02115 km SE1,56842.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin72318 km SW2,25664.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Corbehem6248 km E2,25841.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Soliers14245 km SW2,26053.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Rumegies5966 km E1,72254.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %