Rinxent
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 52.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Rinxent (INSEE 62711) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC de la Terre des Deux Caps. Population 2,987 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62711-rinxent
Vitality score
Vitality score 52.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 68 % of the 7,150 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.78 | 20 | 15.5 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.54 | 10 | 5.44 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.86 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (LA HETRAIE · L'ASSIETTE RINXENTOISE). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE CENTRAL). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE JACQUES BREL). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JACQUES PERARD, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE ADDOU, MÉDECIN · GILLES-FRANCOIS DUBUC, MÉDECIN · PIERRE MULLER, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (RINXENT AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE A DOMINANTE SPORTIVE). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE FRANCOISE · CUP'HAIR · NOUVEL ECLAT · HELENE A DOMICILE · LJ COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 5 | LA HETRAIE · L'ASSIETTE RINXENTOISE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE CENTRAL | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | GROUPE SCOLAIRE JACQUES BREL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | JACQUES PERARD, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE ADDOU, MÉDECIN · GILLES-FRANCOIS DUBUC, MÉDECIN · PIERRE MULLER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | RINXENT AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE POLYVALENTE A DOMINANTE SPORTIVE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 5 | COIFFURE FRANCOISE · CUP'HAIR · NOUVEL ECLAT · HELENE A DOMICILE · LJ COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday 8 h à 13 h place des Anciens combattants à Hydrequent. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,771 (2012) → 2,987 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,860 (1990) → 2,987 (2023): 4.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,332, of which 1.4 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Rinxent): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Rinxent): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Rinxent): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Marquise): 1.3 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Rinxent): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BOULOGNE-SEM weather station, 12.7 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 41 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BOULOGNE-SEM, 12.7 km away at 73 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 846 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BOULOGNE-SEM, 12.7 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62711/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-rinxent.fr/marche/— “Le marché de Rinxent a lieu tous les samedis matin de 8 h à 13 h sur la place des Anciens combattants à Hydrequent”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62711/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62711/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62711/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62711
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62560
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martillac | 33 | 698 km S | 3,659 | 50.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 % |
| Pont-à-Marcq | 59 | 102 km E | 3,016 | 53.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Noé | 31 | 829 km S | 3,067 | 40.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 % |
| Bury | 60 | 171 km S | 2,838 | 46.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès | 30 | 785 km S | 3,225 | 43.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 % |
| Portets | 33 | 698 km S | 2,618 | 49.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-à-Marcq | 59 | 102 km E | 3,016 | 53.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bury | 60 | 171 km S | 2,838 | 46.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 % |
| Portets | 33 | 698 km S | 2,618 | 49.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 % |
| Martillac | 33 | 698 km S | 3,659 | 50.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès | 30 | 785 km S | 3,225 | 43.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 % |
| Noé | 31 | 829 km S | 3,067 | 40.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Rinxent'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur | 14 | 187 km SW | 2,527 | 64.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Évrecy | 14 | 248 km SW | 2,066 | 62.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hoymille | 59 | 53 km E | 3,259 | 33.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lampaul-Guimiliau | 29 | 489 km SW | 2,032 | 44.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bergues | 59 | 52 km E | 3,525 | 53 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Touques | 14 | 200 km SW | 3,913 | 47.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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