Saint-Hilaire-Cottes

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62750

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

Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hilaire-Cottes (INSEE 62750) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 830 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 15,439 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.07
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (AU BON ACCUEIL CHEZ ISA). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MIXTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE COTTES & LIVRES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	AU BON ACCUEIL CHEZ ISA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MIXTE	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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE COTTES & LIVRES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 753 2023: 830 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 822 (2012) → 830 (2023): 1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 750 (1990) → 830 (2023): 10.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 367, of which 1.9 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.1 km EBakery — 1.4 km NPharmacy — 1.5 km NGP — 1.6 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): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bourecq): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Norrent-Fontes): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Norrent-Fontes): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire-Cottes): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.9

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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, 5.7 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 33 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 5.7 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, 5.7 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62750/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62750/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62750/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62750/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62620
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62750
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
Elnes	62	24 km NW	836	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Couvrot	51	255 km SE	786	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Mont-Cauvaire	76	145 km SW	898	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Vers-sur-Selle	80	82 km S	929	31.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Marcq-en-Ostrevent	59	66 km SE	741	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fressain	59	64 km SE	919	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Elnes	62	24 km NW	836	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Fressain	59	64 km SE	919	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Marcq-en-Ostrevent	59	66 km SE	741	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vers-sur-Selle	80	82 km S	929	31.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Mont-Cauvaire	76	145 km SW	898	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Couvrot	51	255 km SE	786	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · 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-Hilaire-Cottes'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
Marcq-en-Ostrevent	59	66 km SE	741	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnoy-la-Rivière	60	148 km S	670	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Pimprez	60	124 km S	848	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bettencourt-Saint-Ouen	80	65 km S	605	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Maresches	59	88 km E	808	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Beaucamps-Ligny	59	36 km E	845	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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