Villers-au-Bois

Identity

Villers-au-Bois (INSEE 62854) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Lens - Liévin. Population 607 (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/62854-villers-au-bois

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,032 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 82). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 563 (2012) → 607 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 369 (1990) → 607 (2023): 64.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 240, of which 0.8 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Acq): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mont-Saint-Éloi): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mont-Saint-Éloi): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Souchez): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villers-au-Bois): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LOISON-SOUS-L. weather station, 15.4 km away at 27 m; the village itself is at 147 m. ^[12]

The village sits 120 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARRAS, 19.2 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 73 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at AUBIGNY, 6.1 km away at 96 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62854/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62854/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62854/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62854/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62007
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62589
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62801
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62854
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024