Pihem

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Pays de Lumbres · INSEE 62656

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

Few services 22.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pihem (INSEE 62656) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Pays de Lumbres. Population 919 (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/62656-pihem

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 14,853 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.65	10	6.46
Housing mix	1	5	4.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES BREL). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (AGATHE ET COMPAGNIE). ^[3,4]

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]

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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES BREL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	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	1	AGATHE ET COMPAGNIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 532 peak 2012: 996 2023: 919 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 996 (2012) → 919 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 802 (1990) → 919 (2023): 14.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 409, of which 0.2 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km NEFood shop — 2.7 km NEGP — 2.8 km NEPharmacy — 2.8 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 (Wizernes): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Helfaut): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Helfaut): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Helfaut): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pihem): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.2

Days at or below 0 °C 28.7

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC weather station, 10.7 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 16.4 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC, 10.7 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62656/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62656/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62656/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62656/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62902
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62423
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62656
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
Éloise	74	578 km SE	931	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Biozat	03	518 km S	933	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Beaussais-Vitré	79	519 km S	923	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Frières-Faillouël	02	133 km SE	971	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Grugny	76	142 km SW	1,004	15.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 74 %
Holque	59	19 km N	837	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Holque	59	19 km N	837	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Frières-Faillouël	02	133 km SE	971	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Grugny	76	142 km SW	1,004	15.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 74 %
Biozat	03	518 km S	933	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Beaussais-Vitré	79	519 km S	923	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Éloise	74	578 km SE	931	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Pihem'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
Épretot	76	186 km SW	782	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Panneville	76	154 km SW	766	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Catenay	76	145 km SW	702	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Quesques	62	20 km W	720	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Vieux-Bourg	22	455 km SW	742	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Petit-Fougeray	35	413 km SW	901	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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