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Prédefin

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Ternois · INSEE 62668

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 13/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Prédefin (INSEE 62668) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Ternois. Population 227 (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/62668-predefin

Vitality score

Vitality score 13/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 16,726 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.67106.7
Housing mix0.8754.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 270 2023: 227 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 210 (2012) → 227 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 194 (1990) → 227 (2023): 17 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 104, of which 6.7 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.9 km W (Lisbourg)Bakery — 3.4 km S (Heuchin)Pharmacy — 3.5 km S (Heuchin)GP — 6.0 km S (Anvin)Food shop — 6.3 km S (Anvin)
Primary school — 2.9 km WBakery — 3.4 km SPharmacy — 3.5 km SGP — 6.0 km SFood shop — 6.3 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 (Heuchin): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Anvin): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Anvin): 6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Heuchin): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Lisbourg): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [10]

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the FIEFS weather station, 5 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 170 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 11.2 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 55 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 1,097 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at FIEFS, 5 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62668/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62668/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62668/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62668/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62451
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62036
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62519
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rothois60102 km S22716.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Prétot-Vicquemare76132 km SW22816.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Renon01530 km SE22816.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 88 %
Dannemarie78199 km S2299.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Noalhat63518 km S22816.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Farges-lès-Mâcon71485 km SE22314.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rothois60102 km S22716.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Prétot-Vicquemare76132 km SW22816.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Dannemarie78199 km S2299.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Farges-lès-Mâcon71485 km SE22314.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Noalhat63518 km S22816.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Renon01530 km SE22816.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 88 %

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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 Prédefin'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
Rothois60102 km S22716.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes8054 km S22213.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Houville-en-Vexin27149 km SW23215.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Reuilly-Sauvigny02187 km SE22513.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Le Bellay-en-Vexin95152 km S22416.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Thenailles02142 km SE2207.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %