Villers-lès-Cagnicourt

Identity

Villers-lès-Cagnicourt (INSEE 62858) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC Osartis Marquion. Population 243 (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/62858-villers-les-cagnicourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 17,055 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA VILLEROISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI 65). ^[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]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 256 (2012) → 243 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 201 (1990) → 243 (2023): 20.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 113, of which 0.9 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Écourt-Saint-Quentin): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Baralle): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Baralle): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Écourt-Saint-Quentin): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villers-lès-Cagnicourt): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ARRAS weather station, 10.7 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 52 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ARRAS, 10.7 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PRONVILLE, 4.8 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

15 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 187,000 € — 1,539 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

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 — 62858/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62858/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62858/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62858/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62284
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62081
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62858
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025