Vimy
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 34.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vimy (INSEE 62861) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Lens - Liévin. Population 4,270 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62861-vimy
Vitality score
Vitality score 34.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 4 % of the 5,358 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 | 0.15 | 25 | 3.69 |
| Social | 0.31 | 20 | 6.15 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.55 | 10 | 5.53 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.43 | 10 | 4.32 |
| Housing mix | 0.99 | 5 | 4.95 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (THILLIEZ PERE ET FILS). [4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [4,3]
1 × Restaurant (PIZZASSIMO). [4,3]
2 × Café / bar. [3]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE P KERGOMARD). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN MACE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-THERESE). [4]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURINE PLANQUE, MÉDECIN · EMILIE PIELA PLEE, MÉDECIN · JACQUES LARIVIERE, MÉDECIN · BENOIT TANGUY, MÉDECIN · PIERRE CORNOLLE, MÉDECIN). [4]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU CENTRE · PHARMACIE DE LA SOURCE). [4,3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE ANDRÉ MALRAUX). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). [4]
4 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL VIMY · AGENCE DE VIMY · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE). [4]
5 × Hairdresser (O COU D CIZO). [4,3]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | THILLIEZ PERE ET FILS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | PIZZASSIMO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE P KERGOMARD | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN MACE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-THERESE | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | LAURINE PLANQUE, MÉDECIN · EMILIE PIELA PLEE, MÉDECIN · JACQUES LARIVIERE, MÉDECIN · BENOIT TANGUY, MÉDECIN · PIERRE CORNOLLE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE DU CENTRE · PHARMACIE DE LA SOURCE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE ANDRÉ MALRAUX | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | HALLE DES SPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 4 | CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL NORD EUROPE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL VIMY · AGENCE DE VIMY · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORD FRANCE | INSEE BPE 4 [4] |
| Hairdresser | 5 | O COU D CIZO | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 4,252 (2012) → 4,270 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 4,581 (1990) → 4,270 (2023): -6.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,009, of which 0.5 % second homes and 5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Givenchy-en-Gohelle): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vimy): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Vimy): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Vimy): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Vimy): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LOISON-SOUS-L. weather station, 8 km away at 27 m; the village itself is at 80 m. [10]
The village sits 53 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ARRAS, 13.7 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. [10]
An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LENS, 6.4 km away at 43 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62861/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62861/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62861/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62861/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62371
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 62861
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thumeries | 59 | 21 km NE | 4,170 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verson | 14 | 271 km SW | 4,059 | 48.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montigny-en-Ostrevent | 59 | 27 km E | 4,495 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Biache-Saint-Vaast | 62 | 12 km SE | 4,568 | 45.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sailly-sur-la-Lys | 62 | 32 km N | 3,981 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 % |
| Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson | 54 | 286 km SE | 4,659 | 44.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 58 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biache-Saint-Vaast | 62 | 12 km SE | 4,568 | 45.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thumeries | 59 | 21 km NE | 4,170 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montigny-en-Ostrevent | 59 | 27 km E | 4,495 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sailly-sur-la-Lys | 62 | 32 km N | 3,981 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 % |
| Verson | 14 | 271 km SW | 4,059 | 48.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson | 54 | 286 km SE | 4,659 | 44.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 58 % |
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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 Vimy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thumeries | 59 | 21 km NE | 4,170 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montigny-en-Ostrevent | 59 | 27 km E | 4,495 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Biache-Saint-Vaast | 62 | 12 km SE | 4,568 | 45.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ferrière-la-Grande | 59 | 85 km E | 5,131 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Calonne-Ricouart | 62 | 27 km NW | 5,369 | 46.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Haveluy | 59 | 42 km E | 3,222 | 29.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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