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Villers-Brûlin

Pas-de-Calais · CC des Campagnes de l'Artois · INSEE 62856

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villers-Brûlin (INSEE 62856) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC des Campagnes de l'Artois. Population 368 (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/62856-villers-brulin

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 18,024 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.67106.68
Housing mix0.9554.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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]

2 × Restaurant (CAPITAINE BURGER). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2CAPITAINE BURGERINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 289 2023: 368 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 301 (2012) → 368 (2023): 22.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 315 (1990) → 368 (2023): 16.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 172, of which 2.3 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 2.2 km SW (Tincques)Bakery — 3.4 km W (Tincques)Food shop — 3.4 km SE (Aubigny-en-Artois)Pharmacy — 3.5 km SE (Aubigny-en-Artois)
In the commune Primary school GP — 2.2 km SWBakery — 3.4 km WFood shop — 3.4 km SEPharmacy — 3.5 km SE 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 (Tincques): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Aubigny-en-Artois): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Tincques): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Aubigny-en-Artois): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Villers-Brûlin): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SAULTY weather station, 16.3 km away at 174 m; the village itself is at 124 m. [11]

The village sits 50 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at SAULTY, 16.3 km away at 174 m, over 29 summers. [11]

That station sits 50 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at AUBIGNY, 3.9 km away at 96 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62856/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62856/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62856/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62856/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62820
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62045
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62856
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Liettres6229 km NW37832.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Rouilly-Sacey10257 km SE38727.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Mauquenchy76114 km SW36530.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Beugny6239 km SE35127.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Richtolsheim67437 km SE38332.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Berg67370 km SE34724.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Liettres6229 km NW37832.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Beugny6239 km SE35127.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mauquenchy76114 km SW36530.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Rouilly-Sacey10257 km SE38727.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Berg67370 km SE34724.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Richtolsheim67437 km SE38332.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Villers-Brûlin'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Liettres6229 km NW37832.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Beugny6239 km SE35127.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ayette6226 km SE33026.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ledinghem6250 km NW31632Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Richemont7689 km SW44525.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Moyenneville6227 km SE28926.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %