Recques-sur-Hem
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Recques-sur-Hem (INSEE 62699) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC de la Région d'Audruicq. Population 675 (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/62699-recques-sur-hem
Vitality score
Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 50 % 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.
| 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 | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.39 | 5 | 1.94 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU LAC LA FREGATE). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE RIVE DE LA HEM RPI 151). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (SECRET COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (CHÂTEAU DE COCOVE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | AUBERGE DU LAC LA FREGATE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE RIVE DE LA HEM RPI 151 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 2 | SECRET COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | CHÂTEAU DE COCOVE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 597 (2012) → 675 (2023): 13.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 409 (1990) → 675 (2023): 65 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 408, of which 30.6 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Zutkerque): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Nordausques): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Audruicq): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Nordausques): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Recques-sur-Hem): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the LICQUES weather station, 11.6 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 11 m. [12]
The village sits 62 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CALAIS-MARCK, 16.5 km away at 2 m, over 29 summers. [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, 11.6 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 — 62699/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62699/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62699/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62699/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62906
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62618
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62057
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62699
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bort-l'Étang | 63 | 571 km S | 727 | 32.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-André-de-Roquepertuis | 30 | 755 km S | 562 | 25.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Paul-sur-Isère | 73 | 666 km SE | 543 | 20.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Générargues | 30 | 765 km S | 727 | 35.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Plovan | 29 | 568 km SW | 677 | 20.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sepvret | 79 | 531 km S | 620 | 31.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepvret | 79 | 531 km S | 620 | 31.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plovan | 29 | 568 km SW | 677 | 20.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bort-l'Étang | 63 | 571 km S | 727 | 32.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Paul-sur-Isère | 73 | 666 km SE | 543 | 20.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-André-de-Roquepertuis | 30 | 755 km S | 562 | 25.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Générargues | 30 | 765 km S | 727 | 35.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Recques-sur-Hem'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoteux | 62 | 29 km SW | 588 | 37.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Brûlatte | 53 | 377 km SW | 673 | 21.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Philbert-des-Champs | 14 | 222 km SW | 639 | 27.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Labbeville | 95 | 189 km S | 641 | 32.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Michel-Tubœuf | 61 | 253 km SW | 568 | 29.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vibeuf | 76 | 153 km SW | 624 | 23.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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