Verquin
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 31.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Verquin (INSEE 62848) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 3,445 (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/62848-verquin
Vitality score
Vitality score 31.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 4 % of the 6,362 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 | 0.2 | 25 | 5.12 |
| Social | 0.31 | 20 | 6.15 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.5 | 10 | 4.98 |
| Housing mix | 1 | 5 | 4.98 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DE VERQUIN). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (FRITERIE KEVIN VERQUIN). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE GALOPIN). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES FERRY). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE HERSIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE OLYMPE DE GOUGES). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE RAPHAELLE · ELIXIR COIFFURE · LE PETIT SALON DE JENN). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | AUX DELICES DE VERQUIN | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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 | 1 | INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | FRITERIE KEVIN VERQUIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE GALOPIN | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES FERRY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | CATHERINE HERSIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE OLYMPE DE GOUGES | 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 | 5 | COIFFURE RAPHAELLE · ELIXIR COIFFURE · LE PETIT SALON DE JENN | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 3,412 (2012) → 3,445 (2023): 1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,453 (1990) → 3,445 (2023): -0.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,568, of which 0.2 % second homes and 5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fouquières-lès-Béthune): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Verquin): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Verquin): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Béthune): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Verquin): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the RICHEBOURG weather station, 12 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 45 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LILLERS, 13.2 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. [11]
An average of 745 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at RICHEBOURG, 12 km away at 18 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62848/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62848/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62848/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62848/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62350
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62848
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62119
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houplin-Ancoisne | 59 | 26 km E | 3,326 | 34.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis | 61 | 297 km SW | 3,636 | 31.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Moirans | 38 | 614 km S | 3,620 | 45.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| Fontoy | 57 | 272 km SE | 3,184 | 44.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 % |
| Spicheren | 57 | 343 km SE | 3,143 | 40.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fleurbaix | 62 | 21 km NE | 2,947 | 52.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleurbaix | 62 | 21 km NE | 2,947 | 52.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 % |
| Houplin-Ancoisne | 59 | 26 km E | 3,326 | 34.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fontoy | 57 | 272 km SE | 3,184 | 44.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 % |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis | 61 | 297 km SW | 3,636 | 31.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Spicheren | 57 | 343 km SE | 3,143 | 40.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Moirans | 38 | 614 km S | 3,620 | 45.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Verquin'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spicheren | 57 | 343 km SE | 3,143 | 40.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hornaing | 59 | 52 km E | 3,496 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orry-la-Ville | 60 | 153 km S | 3,583 | 39.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champhol | 28 | 241 km S | 3,643 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Agnetz | 60 | 126 km S | 3,058 | 33.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ailly-sur-Somme | 80 | 71 km SW | 3,003 | 33.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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