Simencourt

Identity

Simencourt (INSEE 62796) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC des Campagnes de l'Artois. Population 569 (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/62796-simencourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,350 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 × Restaurant (DAM' FRITES · EPSILON). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 51). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 535 (2012) → 569 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 523 (1990) → 569 (2023): 8.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 263, of which 1.5 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bailleulval): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaumetz-lès-Loges): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Beaumetz-lès-Loges): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Beaumetz-lès-Loges): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Simencourt): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAULTY weather station, 9.5 km away at 174 m; the village itself is at 116 m. ^[11]

The village sits 58 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 SAULTY, 9.5 km away at 174 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 58 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 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAULTY, 9.5 km away at 174 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62796/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62796/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62796/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62796/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62074
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62097
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62796
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024