Vieil-Moutier

Identity

Vieil-Moutier (INSEE 62853) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC de Desvres-Samer. Population 391 (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/62853-vieil-moutier

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 18,009 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA PETITE FABRIQUE D'AMELIE). ^[3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA CALIQUE RPI 45 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 45). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 390 (2012) → 391 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 338 (1990) → 391 (2023): 15.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 178, of which 1.7 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vieil-Moutier): 1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Desvres): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Desvres): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vieil-Moutier): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DESVRES weather station, 7.5 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 131 m. ^[10]

The village sits 54 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DESVRES, 7.5 km away at 185 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,152 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DESVRES, 7.5 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

26 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 182,500 € — 1,603 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

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 — 62853/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62853/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62853/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62853/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62853
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62268
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025