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Rombly

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62720

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

No daily shops 19.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rombly (INSEE 62720) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 53 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/62720-rombly

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 5,200 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.58105.82
Housing mix0.8354.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 51 peak 1982: 56 2023: 53 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 48 (2012) → 53 (2023): 10.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 49 (1990) → 53 (2023): 8.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 24, of which 8.3 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.5 km SW (Linghem)GP — 1.5 km SE (Norrent-Fontes)Pharmacy — 2.1 km SE (Norrent-Fontes)Bakery — 2.2 km SE (Norrent-Fontes)Food shop — 2.6 km N (Lambres-lez-Aire)
Primary school — 1.5 km SWGP — 1.5 km SEPharmacy — 2.1 km SEBakery — 2.2 km SEFood shop — 2.6 km N 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 (Norrent-Fontes): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lambres-lez-Aire): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Norrent-Fontes): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Norrent-Fontes): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Linghem): 1.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LILLERS weather station, 8 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 35 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 8 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. [11]

An average of 691 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LILLERS, 8 km away at 19 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62720/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62720/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62720/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62720/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62620
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62486
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62517
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Magnas32756 km S5617No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Longcochon39504 km SE5920.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Grandeyrolles63561 km S5516.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Abergement-le-Grand39475 km SE6123.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Vérissey71476 km SE5314.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 92 %
Tarquimpol57373 km SE6015.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Tarquimpol57373 km SE6015.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Abergement-le-Grand39475 km SE6123.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Vérissey71476 km SE5314.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 92 %
Longcochon39504 km SE5920.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Grandeyrolles63561 km S5516.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Magnas32756 km S5617No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Rombly'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
L'Échelle-Saint-Aurin80103 km S4318No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lamaronde8095 km S518.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Theuville95162 km S539.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vaux-en-Dieulet08224 km SE537.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Périgny14285 km SW5811.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Auge08157 km SE589.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %