Pihen-lès-Guînes

Pas-de-Calais · CA Grand Calais Terres et Mers · INSEE 62657

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

Few services 23.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pihen-lès-Guînes (INSEE 62657) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA Grand Calais Terres et Mers. Population 545 (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/62657-pihen-les-guines

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 17,551 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	0.82	10	8.2
Housing mix	0.8	5	4

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

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

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 PUBLIQUE	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 349 2023: 545 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 462 (2012) → 545 (2023): 18 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 413 (1990) → 545 (2023): 32 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 249, of which 10 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km SFood shop — 3.0 km SGP — 3.0 km WPharmacy — 5.1 km S 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 (Landrethun-le-Nord): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Landrethun-le-Nord): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Inglevert): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ferques): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Pihen-lès-Guînes): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.8

Days at or below 0 °C 48.7

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LICQUES weather station, 14.6 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 59 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CALAIS-MARCK, 15.3 km away at 2 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 57 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,132 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LICQUES, 14.6 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62657/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62657/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62657/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62657/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62487
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62751
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62329
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62657
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
Sallèdes	63	592 km S	560	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Fleury-la-Rivière	51	248 km SE	523	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ingrannes	45	322 km S	532	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 84 %
Proveysieux	38	688 km SE	522	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Éloi-de-Fourques	27	196 km S	537	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Jonquières	34	810 km S	590	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Éloi-de-Fourques	27	196 km S	537	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Fleury-la-Rivière	51	248 km SE	523	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ingrannes	45	322 km S	532	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 84 %
Sallèdes	63	592 km S	560	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Proveysieux	38	688 km SE	522	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Jonquières	34	810 km S	590	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Pihen-lès-Guînes'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
Coadout	22	443 km SW	532	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Belgeard	53	337 km SW	555	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Monchy-au-Bois	62	99 km SE	545	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lalande-en-Son	60	165 km S	606	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Vieux-Rue	76	158 km S	572	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Auger-Saint-Vincent	60	198 km S	515	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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