Sains-lès-Fressin
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 18.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sains-lès-Fressin (INSEE 62738) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Haut Pays du Montreuillois. Population 150 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 18.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 66 % of the 14,109 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.53 | 10 | 5.27 |
| Housing mix | 0.84 | 5 | 4.2 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 40). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 40 | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 170 (2012) → 150 (2023): -11.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 146 (1990) → 150 (2023): 2.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 75, of which 8 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fruges): 8.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Wamin): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Fruges): 8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Fruges): 8.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Sains-lès-Fressin): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MARCONNELLE weather station, 10.4 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 137 m. [11]
The village sits 112 m above 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 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 10.5 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 1,002 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MARCONNELLE, 10.4 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62738/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62738/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62738/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62738/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62364
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62872
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62738
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etcharry | 64 | 826 km S | 144 | 21.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Vérand | 71 | 509 km SE | 155 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle | 88 | 414 km SE | 146 | 20.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Puginier | 11 | 788 km S | 153 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 43 % · humidity 36 % |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Bitry | 60 | 138 km SE | 153 | 21.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villers-Vicomte | 60 | 93 km S | 162 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-Vicomte | 60 | 93 km S | 162 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Bitry | 60 | 138 km SE | 153 | 21.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle | 88 | 414 km SE | 146 | 20.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Vérand | 71 | 509 km SE | 155 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puginier | 11 | 788 km S | 153 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 43 % · humidity 36 % |
| Etcharry | 64 | 826 km S | 144 | 21.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Sains-lès-Fressin'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-Vicomte | 60 | 93 km S | 162 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Thuel | 02 | 171 km SE | 158 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Remiencourt | 80 | 80 km S | 164 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Landouzy-la-Cour | 02 | 155 km SE | 167 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brétigny | 27 | 170 km SW | 141 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cléville | 76 | 139 km SW | 136 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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