Waben

Pas-de-Calais · CA des Deux Baies en Montreuillois · INSEE 62866

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

Few services 32.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Waben (INSEE 62866) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA des Deux Baies en Montreuillois. Population 449 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 32.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,934 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 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 1 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BECASSINE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (RESTAURANT AUBERGE DE LA MADELON FLEURIE · AU DOMAINE DE WABEN). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES JARDINS DE L'AUTHIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1	LA BECASSINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Café / bar	2	RESTAURANT AUBERGE DE LA MADELON FLEURIE · AU DOMAINE DE WABEN	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	CAMPING LES JARDINS DE L'AUTHIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 234 2023: 449 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 427 (2012) → 449 (2023): 5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 294 (1990) → 449 (2023): 52.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 217, of which 9.7 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 1.7 km SEPrimary school — 1.7 km SEPharmacy — 2.6 km NGP — 3.2 km W 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 (Waben): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Conchil-le-Temple): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Groffliers): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Verton): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Conchil-le-Temple): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 33.6

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE-TOUQUET weather station, 15.2 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 8 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LE-TOUQUET, 15.2 km away at 5 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 910 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at RANG-DU-FLIERS, 4.2 km away at 16 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62866/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62866/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62866/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62866/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62866
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62233
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62390
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62849
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
Fontenay	88	431 km SE	469	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars	79	404 km S	421	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 100 %
Chas	63	529 km S	361	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Monnières	39	458 km SE	387	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Bény-sur-Mer	14	193 km SW	467	16.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Carnols	30	719 km S	553	26	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bény-sur-Mer	14	193 km SW	467	16.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars	79	404 km S	421	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 100 %
Fontenay	88	431 km SE	469	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Monnières	39	458 km SE	387	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Chas	63	529 km S	361	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Carnols	30	719 km S	553	26	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Waben'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
Campeaux	60	85 km S	483	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Warlus	62	73 km E	377	11.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bussy-lès-Daours	80	76 km SE	370	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Embreville	80	40 km S	560	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Méricourt-l'Abbé	80	80 km SE	587	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Muncq-Nieurlet	62	61 km NE	673	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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