Rivière

Identity

Rivière (INSEE 62712) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CU d'Arras. Population 1,123 (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/62712-riviere

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 13,635 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MORGANE HENNART, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (RIVIERE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RUE DE GROSVILLE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,129 (2012) → 1,123 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,142 (1990) → 1,123 (2023): -1.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 538, of which 1.5 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bailleulval): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rivière): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rivière): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Beaumetz-lès-Loges): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAULTY weather station, 11.8 km away at 174 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[11]

The village sits 84 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SAULTY, 11.8 km away at 174 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 84 m above 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 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAULTY, 11.8 km away at 174 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

66 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 189,500 € — 1,378 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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 — 62712/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62712/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62712/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62712/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62074
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62712
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62097
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025