Le Wast

Identity

Le Wast (INSEE 62880) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC de Desvres-Samer. Population 203 (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/62880-le-wast

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 16,001 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (S F S). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 2). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL LES TOURELLES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 203 (2012) → 203 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 185 (1990) → 203 (2023): 9.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 89, of which 2.2 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Colembert): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Alincthun): 1.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Colembert): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Hardinghen): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Wast): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BAINGHEN_SAPC weather station, 7.3 km away at 117 m; the village itself is at 54 m. ^[12]

The village sits 63 m below 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at DESVRES, 12.9 km away at 185 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 131 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,136 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BAINGHEN_SAPC, 7.3 km away at 117 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

14 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 183,500 € — 1,877 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[13]

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 — 62880/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62880/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62880/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62880/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62230
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62022
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62412
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62880
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025