Wardrecques

Pas-de-Calais · CA du Pays de Saint-Omer · INSEE 62875

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

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wardrecques (INSEE 62875) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA du Pays de Saint-Omer. Population 1,328 (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 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 12,471 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.78	10	7.84
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA MAIRIE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNABELLE BAZERBES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (WARDRECQUES AP). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ANNABELLE BAZERBES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	WARDRECQUES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	4		INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 530 peak 2017: 1,333 2023: 1,328 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,189 (2012) → 1,328 (2023): 11.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,034 (1990) → 1,328 (2023): 28.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 540, of which 0.4 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.0 km NWFood shop — 1.1 km WGP — 1.2 km EPharmacy — 4.0 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 (Campagne-lès-Wardrecques): 1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Campagne-lès-Wardrecques): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Wardrecques): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Arques): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Wardrecques): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.9

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LILLERS weather station, 18.1 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 27 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 18.1 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 691 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LILLERS, 18.1 km away at 19 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 — 62875/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62875/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62875/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62875/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62205
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62875
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62040
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
Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett	67	439 km SE	1,359	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Saizerais	54	341 km SE	1,453	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Sains-en-Amiénois	80	99 km S	1,187	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Illtal	68	503 km SE	1,203	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Art-sur-Meurthe	54	363 km SE	1,700	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Englefontaine	59	109 km SE	1,291	35.1	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sains-en-Amiénois	80	99 km S	1,187	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Englefontaine	59	109 km SE	1,291	35.1	Few services	no figures
Saizerais	54	341 km SE	1,453	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Art-sur-Meurthe	54	363 km SE	1,700	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett	67	439 km SE	1,359	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Illtal	68	503 km SE	1,203	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Wardrecques'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
Pruillé-le-Chétif	72	343 km SW	1,329	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Homblières	02	120 km SE	1,412	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Parné-sur-Roc	53	372 km SW	1,378	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Us	95	181 km S	1,374	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Haussy	59	97 km SE	1,451	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Avesnes-le-Sec	59	89 km SE	1,458	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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