Wancourt

Pas-de-Calais · CU d'Arras · INSEE 62873

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 39.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wancourt (INSEE 62873) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CU d'Arras. Population 626 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62873-wancourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 16,841 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.64	10	6.44
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CROC MIAM). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (COTE FRANCE · DOMAINE DES CASCADES · LA ROULOTTE A COT COT). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI 59). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LAMARCHE DOROTHEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CROC MIAM	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	3	COTE FRANCE · DOMAINE DES CASCADES · LA ROULOTTE A COT COT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI 59	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LAMARCHE DOROTHEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 399 peak 2012: 671 2023: 626 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 671 (2012) → 626 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 547 (1990) → 626 (2023): 14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 262, of which 3.1 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km WPharmacy — 4.8 km EGP — 5.0 km NW 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 (Wancourt): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neuville-Vitasse): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vis-en-Artois): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Wancourt): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.8

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARRAS weather station, 1 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 60 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ARRAS, 1 km away at 74 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 674 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARRAS, 1 km away at 74 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 — 62873/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62873/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62873/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62873/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62873
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62611
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62817
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62864
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
Port-de-Piles	86	398 km SW	545	28	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Le Châtelet-sur-Retourne	08	137 km SE	774	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Lonny	08	132 km E	621	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Merfy	51	131 km SE	609	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Domessargues	30	704 km S	782	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Traenheim	67	380 km SE	655	38	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Merfy	51	131 km SE	609	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lonny	08	132 km E	621	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Le Châtelet-sur-Retourne	08	137 km SE	774	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Traenheim	67	380 km SE	655	38	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Port-de-Piles	86	398 km SW	545	28	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Domessargues	30	704 km S	782	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · 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 Wancourt'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
Merfy	51	131 km SE	609	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-sans-Avoir	78	177 km SW	616	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Grauves	51	162 km SE	618	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cosswiller	67	373 km SE	610	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sars-et-Rosières	59	39 km NE	620	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre	67	393 km SE	614	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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