Verchocq

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Haut Pays du Montreuillois · INSEE 62844

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

Partly served 42.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Verchocq (INSEE 62844) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Haut Pays du Montreuillois. Population 665 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 42.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 16,657 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.7	10	7.03
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 0 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 × Restaurant (FOOD'ISA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AEROGARE LE TOUQUET LILLE · AUBERGE DE FASQUES). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CENTRE RPI 79 · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RPI 79). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	1	FOOD'ISA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	AEROGARE LE TOUQUET LILLE · AUBERGE DE FASQUES	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CENTRE RPI 79 · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RPI 79	INSEE BPE 2 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 633 2023: 665 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 638 (2012) → 665 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 553 (1990) → 665 (2023): 20.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 329, of which 8.8 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.2 km NEFood shop — 5.7 km NEPharmacy — 5.7 km NEBakery — 6.0 km NW 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 (Campagne-lès-Boulonnais): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fauquembergues): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fauquembergues): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fauquembergues): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.4

Days at or below 0 °C 36.8

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RADINGHEM weather station, 5.8 km away at 115 m; the village itself is at 103 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 5.8 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,028 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RADINGHEM, 5.8 km away at 115 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 — 62844/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62844/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62844/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62844/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62202
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62325
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62844
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
Bannost-Villegagnon	77	226 km S	667	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Guilly	45	307 km S	659	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Motreff	29	482 km SW	654	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lobsann	67	454 km E	663	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Collorgues	30	749 km S	671	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
La Croixille	53	345 km SW	629	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bannost-Villegagnon	77	226 km S	667	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Guilly	45	307 km S	659	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
La Croixille	53	345 km SW	629	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lobsann	67	454 km E	663	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Motreff	29	482 km SW	654	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Collorgues	30	749 km S	671	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · 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 Verchocq'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
Motreff	29	482 km SW	654	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Croixille	53	345 km SW	629	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Allouestre	56	454 km SW	675	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Auzouville-sur-Ry	76	135 km SW	683	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Oudezeele	59	45 km NE	690	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Langouet	35	380 km SW	604	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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