Villers-Châtel

Pas-de-Calais · CC des Campagnes de l'Artois · INSEE 62857

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

Few services 20/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villers-Châtel (INSEE 62857) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC des Campagnes de l'Artois. Population 127 (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 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 12,697 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.6	10	6.04
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE L'OREE DU TERNOIS RPI 58). ^[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, Library. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE L'OREE DU TERNOIS RPI 58	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 106 peak 2017: 135 2023: 127 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 133 (2012) → 127 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 115 (1990) → 127 (2023): 10.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 59, of which 3.4 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km EBakery — 2.7 km SGP — 3.0 km SPharmacy — 3.0 km S 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 (Aubigny-en-Artois): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cambligneul): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aubigny-en-Artois): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aubigny-en-Artois): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villers-Châtel): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.3

Days at or below 0 °C 40.5

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAULTY weather station, 17.8 km away at 174 m; the village itself is at 153 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at SAULTY, 17.8 km away at 174 m, over 29 summers. ^[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, 2.4 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62857/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62857/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62857/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62857/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62045
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62198
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62857
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
Sans-Vallois	88	355 km SE	126	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Monceau-sur-Oise	02	95 km SE	132	19.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Lieoux	31	815 km S	126	17.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Beauvois	62	25 km W	133	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 88 %
Ternas	62	14 km W	125	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chavanatte	90	451 km SE	130	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ternas	62	14 km W	125	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Beauvois	62	25 km W	133	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 88 %
Monceau-sur-Oise	02	95 km SE	132	19.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Sans-Vallois	88	355 km SE	126	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Chavanatte	90	451 km SE	130	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Lieoux	31	815 km S	126	17.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %

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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-Châtel'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
Ternas	62	14 km W	125	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cléville	76	164 km SW	136	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Biencourt	80	78 km SW	137	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Noreuil	62	34 km SE	130	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Framecourt	62	21 km W	116	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Gomiécourt	62	29 km SE	151	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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