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Saint-Laurent-Blangy

Pas-de-Calais · CU d'Arras · INSEE 62753

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 55.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Laurent-Blangy (INSEE 62753) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CU d'Arras. Population 6,459 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62753-saint-laurent-blangy

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 3,713 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 food0.34258.4
Social0.742014.89
Education0.39103.93
Health0.65106.52
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.71107.05
Housing mix0.9954.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 of 3
Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE SEGARD · BOULANGERIE LOUISE). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (HENRI BOUCHER). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR CITY). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]

13 × Restaurant (LA TAVERNE DES GAULOIS · LES JARDINS DE ST LAURENT · GIONITA · GROUPE TOMATE CERISE · LE CH'TI BOUT). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE SAINT LAURENT · LE SET). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PAUL LANGEVIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PETIT PONT DE BOIS - LENGLET-VIVOT). [3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATTHIEU VENDEL, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE COURDENT, MÉDECIN · THOMAS AVIANO, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE PIOTROT, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE DORDAIN, MÉDECIN). [3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CHANTECLAIR · PHARMACIE DES ROSATI · PHARMACIE VAL DE SCARPE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE JEAN-PAUL FLEURQUIN). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE JEAN ZAY). [3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE DE SAINT LAURENT BLANGY · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE). [3]

6 × Hairdresser (AMBIANCE COIFFURE · MO ' TIF · NEW'HAIR · ID HAIR). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (KYRIAD DIRECT). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE SEGARD · BOULANGERIE LOUISEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1HENRI BOUCHERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1CARREFOUR CITYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket2LIDL · ALDI MARCHEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant13LA TAVERNE DES GAULOIS · LES JARDINS DE ST LAURENT · GIONITA · GROUPE TOMATE CERISE · LE CH'TI BOUTINSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar3LE SAINT LAURENT · LE SETINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PAUL LANGEVIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PETIT PONT DE BOIS - LENGLET-VIVOTINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)6MATTHIEU VENDEL, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE COURDENT, MÉDECIN · THOMAS AVIANO, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE PIOTROT, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE DORDAIN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy3PHARMACIE CHANTECLAIR · PHARMACIE DES ROSATI · PHARMACIE VAL DE SCARPEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE JEAN-PAUL FLEURQUININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE JEAN ZAYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank3CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · AGENCE DE SAINT LAURENT BLANGY · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCEINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser6AMBIANCE COIFFURE · MO ' TIF · NEW'HAIR · ID HAIRINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel1KYRIAD DIRECTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 3,752 peak 2017: 6,606 2023: 6,459 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,450 (2012) → 6,459 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 5,358 (1990) → 6,459 (2023): 20.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,421, of which 0.6 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Saint-Laurent-Blangy): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Laurent-Blangy): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Laurent-Blangy): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-Blangy): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Laurent-Blangy): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

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 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the ARRAS weather station, 6.9 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 53 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ARRAS, 6.9 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. [9]

An average of 674 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ARRAS, 6.9 km away at 74 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62753/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62753/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62753/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62753/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62753
  9. 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
Saint-Alban31742 km S6,53455.7Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Julien-les-Villas10244 km SE6,76060.4ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez42549 km S6,47168.1ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Beaurains624.1 km S5,55956.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Langueux22447 km SW7,93960.1ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Cormontreuil51150 km SE6,53463.7ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Beaurains624.1 km S5,55956.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cormontreuil51150 km SE6,53463.7ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-les-Villas10244 km SE6,76060.4ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Langueux22447 km SW7,93960.1ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez42549 km S6,47168.1ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Alban31742 km S6,53455.7Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %

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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-Laurent-Blangy'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
Beaurains624.1 km S5,55956.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Beuvrages5951 km E6,79642.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fouquières-lès-Lens6217 km NE6,08747.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes5952 km E7,08052.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Longueau8057 km SW5,68050.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Achicourt624.2 km SW7,87353.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %