Quelmes

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Pays de Lumbres · INSEE 62674

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

Few services 28.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Quelmes (INSEE 62674) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Pays de Lumbres. Population 529 (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/62674-quelmes

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 17,629 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	0.69	10	6.89
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

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 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 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 × Hairdresser (DOLO'COIFF AT HOME). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	DOLO'COIFF AT HOME	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: 246 peak 2007: 579 2023: 529 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 562 (2012) → 529 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 445 (1990) → 529 (2023): 18.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 234, of which 1.7 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.3 km NEGP — 2.7 km SFood shop — 2.9 km SWPharmacy — 6.7 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 (Zudausques): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lumbres): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Setques): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Moulle): 6.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Quelmes): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.2

Days at or below 0 °C 28.7

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. ^[13]

Measured at the NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC weather station, 8.6 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 124 m. ^[13]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC, 8.6 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62674/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62674/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62674/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62674/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62905
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62534
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62794
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62595
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62674
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
Clermont-le-Fort	31	811 km S	531	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 99 %
Hermaville	62	55 km SE	529	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Oroër	60	138 km S	537	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Uniac	35	414 km SW	513	35	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Nogent-l'Abbesse	51	219 km SE	542	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 51 %
Monchy-Breton	62	43 km SE	512	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Monchy-Breton	62	43 km SE	512	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 69 %
Hermaville	62	55 km SE	529	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Oroër	60	138 km S	537	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 68 %
Nogent-l'Abbesse	51	219 km SE	542	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 51 %
Saint-Uniac	35	414 km SW	513	35	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Clermont-le-Fort	31	811 km S	531	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 99 %

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