Puisieux

Identity

Puisieux (INSEE 62672) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Sud Artois. Population 675 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/62672-puisieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 16,587 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.

Services

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIERRY BRAY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 696 (2012) → 675 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 613 (1990) → 675 (2023): 10.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 284, of which 0.4 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bucquoy): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bucquoy): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Puisieux): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bucquoy): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Puisieux): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAULTY weather station, 16.9 km away at 174 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[10]

The village sits 63 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SAULTY, 16.9 km away at 174 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 63 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 818 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ACHIET-LE-GRAND, 6.3 km away at 130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

36 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 136,132 € — 1,158 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62672/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62672/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62672/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62672/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62181
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62672
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025