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Saint-Aubin

Pas-de-Calais · CA des Deux Baies en Montreuillois · INSEE 62742

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

Few services 26/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Aubin (INSEE 62742) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA des Deux Baies en Montreuillois. Population 289 (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/62742-saint-aubin

Vitality score

Vitality score 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,765 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.97109.67
Housing mix0.7653.79

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]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU CRONQUELET · A TRAVERS CHAMPS). [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]
Restaurant2AUBERGE DU CRONQUELET · A TRAVERS CHAMPSINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 123 2023: 289 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 267 (2012) → 289 (2023): 8.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 197 (1990) → 289 (2023): 46.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 149, of which 12.1 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.3 km N (Saint-Josse)Food shop — 1.5 km N (Saint-Josse)Bakery — 3.7 km W (Merlimont)Pharmacy — 3.8 km W (Merlimont)GP — 3.9 km W (Merlimont)
Primary school — 1.3 km NFood shop — 1.5 km NBakery — 3.7 km WPharmacy — 3.8 km WGP — 3.9 km W 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 (Merlimont): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Josse): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Merlimont): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Merlimont): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Josse): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LE-TOUQUET weather station, 7.2 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 23 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at LE-TOUQUET, 7.2 km away at 5 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 910 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at RANG-DU-FLIERS, 4.5 km away at 16 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62742/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62742/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62742/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62742/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62571
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62752
  10. 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
Sannes84799 km SE29023.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Le Meix-Saint-Epoing51242 km SE28621.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Vincelottes89338 km SE28517.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Mareuil-en-Brie51224 km SE28821.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Les Voivres88431 km SE28322Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 26 %
Fouillouse05742 km SE27623.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mareuil-en-Brie51224 km SE28821.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Le Meix-Saint-Epoing51242 km SE28621.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Vincelottes89338 km SE28517.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Les Voivres88431 km SE28322Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 26 %
Fouillouse05742 km SE27623.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Sannes84799 km SE29023.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Saint-Aubin'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
Lammerville7688 km SW30217.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Azincourt6233 km E30220.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Méloir-des-Bois22360 km SW27019.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gapennes8037 km SE27021.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Hanouard76108 km SW27117.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Tanis50306 km SW26817.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %