Seninghem

Identity

Seninghem (INSEE 62788) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Pays de Lumbres. Population 685 (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/62788-seninghem

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 16,487 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.

Services

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

3 × Café / bar (TRAIL CAFE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI 111). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 674 (2012) → 685 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 508 (1990) → 685 (2023): 34.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 305, of which 3.6 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Nielles-lès-Bléquin): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nielles-lès-Bléquin): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Nielles-lès-Bléquin): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fauquembergues): 12.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Seninghem): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC weather station, 3.8 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[11]

The village sits 53 m below 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DESVRES, 16.9 km away at 185 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 93 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC, 3.8 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

29 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 158,000 € — 1,471 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62788/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62788/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62788/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62788/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62613
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62325
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62788
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025