Souchez

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Lens - Liévin · INSEE 62801

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

Served 65.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Souchez (INSEE 62801) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Lens - Liévin. Population 2,663 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/62801-souchez

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 7,865 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	0.65	25	16.23
Social	0.78	20	15.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.81	10	8.11
Housing mix	1	5	4.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL BOULANGERIE MROWCZYNSKI · AU FOURNIL DE JULIEN · PATIF). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION BRAME ET FILS · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE LAMMENS · JLV SOUCHEZ). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (TOUT PRET D'ITALIE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (MAQUERE LIEVIN · METS & HISTOIRES · L'ART DES METS · LA TABLE DE PASCAL · PICCOLO RIMORCHIO). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB O BRASSART). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANATOLE FRANCE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ROMAIN MATUSZAK, MÉDECIN · ANTHONY GODIN, MÉDECIN · AURELIE CALVEZ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DEWISME). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (LE DUPLEX · CHRYSALIDE COIFFURE · O BEL HAIR · CAROLE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × GP (médecin généraliste), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	SARL BOULANGERIE MROWCZYNSKI · AU FOURNIL DE JULIEN · PATIF	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION BRAME ET FILS · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE LAMMENS · JLV SOUCHEZ	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	TOUT PRET D'ITALIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	5	MAQUERE LIEVIN · METS & HISTOIRES · L'ART DES METS · LA TABLE DE PASCAL · PICCOLO RIMORCHIO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB O BRASSART	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANATOLE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ROMAIN MATUSZAK, MÉDECIN · ANTHONY GODIN, MÉDECIN · AURELIE CALVEZ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DEWISME	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE JACQUES PRÉVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	6	LE DUPLEX · CHRYSALIDE COIFFURE · O BEL HAIR · CAROLE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,800 2023: 2,663 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,587 (2012) → 2,663 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,031 (1990) → 2,663 (2023): 31.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,206, of which 0.2 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

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 (Souchez): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Souchez): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Souchez): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Souchez): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Souchez): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 43.2

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LOISON-SOUS-L. weather station, 10.2 km away at 27 m; the village itself is at 74 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at ARRAS, 17.6 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LENS, 6 km away at 43 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62801/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62801/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62801/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62801/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62801
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
Fourques	30	758 km S	2,680	62.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %
Parçay-Meslay	37	359 km SW	2,574	63.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saultain	59	60 km E	2,499	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Rodilhan	30	741 km S	2,799	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Amancy	74	549 km SE	2,792	68.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-Jarcy	91	191 km S	2,465	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saultain	59	60 km E	2,499	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Varennes-Jarcy	91	191 km S	2,465	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Parçay-Meslay	37	359 km SW	2,574	63.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Amancy	74	549 km SE	2,792	68.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Rodilhan	30	741 km S	2,799	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Fourques	30	758 km S	2,680	62.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Souchez'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
Saultain	59	60 km E	2,499	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Varennes-Jarcy	91	191 km S	2,465	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Boussois	59	93 km E	3,123	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Clairoix	60	106 km S	2,208	64.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Sarry	51	203 km SE	2,044	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Neauphle-le-Château	78	186 km S	3,250	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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