Wavrans-sur-l'Aa

Identity

Wavrans-sur-l'Aa (INSEE 62882) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Pays de Lumbres. Population 1,203 (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/62882-wavrans-sur-l-aa

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 12 % of the 13,185 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES GAUFRES DE NATH · CLEMAX). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES ORCHIDEES). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,314 (2012) → 1,203 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,196 (1990) → 1,203 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 545, of which 1.8 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lumbres): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Remilly-Wirquin): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Setques): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Helfaut): 7.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Wavrans-sur-l'Aa): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC weather station, 5.6 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 51 m. ^[13]

The village sits 94 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at RADINGHEM, 15 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 64 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at NIELLES-LES-BLEQUIN_SAPC, 5.6 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62882/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62882/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62882/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62882/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62534
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62702
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62794
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62423
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62882
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024