Le Ponchel

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Ternois · INSEE 62665

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

Few services 25.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Ponchel (INSEE 62665) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Ternois. Population 216 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 25.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 16,448 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.53	10	5.29
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 × Café / bar (A L'AMBIANCE). ^[3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

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, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	A L'AMBIANCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 230 2023: 216 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 220 (2012) → 216 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 210 (1990) → 216 (2023): 2.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 142, of which 12.7 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.2 km SEFood shop — 4.2 km SEPharmacy — 4.2 km SEGP — 4.6 km SE 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 (Auxi-le-Château): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Auxi-le-Château): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Auxi-le-Château): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Auxi-le-Château): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Ponchel): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.8

Days at or below 0 °C 47

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARCONNELLE weather station, 13.3 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 26 m. ^[10]

An average of 1,002 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MARCONNELLE, 13.3 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62665/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62665/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62665/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62665/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62060
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62665
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
Ventes-Saint-Rémy	76	82 km SW	210	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 99 %
Fontaine-Bonneleau	60	67 km S	236	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Vibrac	17	574 km S	162	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Jean-des-Échelles	72	256 km SW	222	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Salerne	27	155 km SW	225	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Rammersmatt	68	456 km SE	219	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 61 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontaine-Bonneleau	60	67 km S	236	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Ventes-Saint-Rémy	76	82 km SW	210	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Salerne	27	155 km SW	225	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Jean-des-Échelles	72	256 km SW	222	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 85 %
Rammersmatt	68	456 km SE	219	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 61 %
Vibrac	17	574 km S	162	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 76 %

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