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Willencourt

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Ternois · INSEE 62891

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Willencourt (INSEE 62891) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Ternois. Population 138 (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/62891-willencourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 13,414 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.49104.86
Housing mix0.8654.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 86 peak 2007: 146 2023: 138 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 142 (2012) → 138 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 140 (1990) → 138 (2023): -1.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 72, of which 6.9 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.9 km SE (Auxi-le-Château)Bakery — 2.1 km SE (Auxi-le-Château)Primary school — 2.1 km SE (Auxi-le-Château)Pharmacy — 2.1 km SE (Auxi-le-Château)GP — 2.5 km SE (Auxi-le-Château)
Food shop — 1.9 km SEBakery — 2.1 km SEPrimary school — 2.1 km SEPharmacy — 2.1 km SEGP — 2.5 km SE 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 (Auxi-le-Château): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Auxi-le-Château): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Auxi-le-Château): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Auxi-le-Château): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Auxi-le-Château): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the MARCONNELLE weather station, 15.4 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 28 m. [9]

An average of 1,002 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at MARCONNELLE, 15.4 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62891/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62891/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62891/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62891/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62060
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Inaumont08177 km SE13816.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 76 %
Magny-Jobert70437 km SE13716.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %
Fry7689 km SW13911.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Orbigny-au-Mont52359 km SE1388.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 54 %
Liocourt57341 km SE13814.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %
Remaugies8080 km SE13716.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Remaugies8080 km SE13716.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Fry7689 km SW13911.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Inaumont08177 km SE13816.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 76 %
Liocourt57341 km SE13814.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %
Orbigny-au-Mont52359 km SE1388.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 54 %
Magny-Jobert70437 km SE13716.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %

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