Wirwignes

Pas-de-Calais · CC de Desvres-Samer · INSEE 62896

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

Partly served 41.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wirwignes (INSEE 62896) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC de Desvres-Samer. Population 768 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 41.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 15,882 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.7	10	7.04
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA LOMBARDERIE · PJ MONTUY). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VAL DE LIANE RPI 88). ^[4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	3	LA LOMBARDERIE · PJ MONTUY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VAL DE LIANE RPI 88	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 507 2023: 768 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 739 (2012) → 768 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 638 (1990) → 768 (2023): 20.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 369, of which 1.4 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.8 km EGP — 5.0 km SBakery — 5.2 km SPharmacy — 5.5 km E 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 (Samer): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Desvres): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Samer): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Desvres): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Wirwignes): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 26.4

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DESVRES weather station, 7 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 30 m. ^[11]

The village sits 155 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DESVRES, 7 km away at 185 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 155 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,152 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DESVRES, 7 km away at 185 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 — 62896/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62896/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62896/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62896/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62773
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62268
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62896
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
Chalain-le-Comtal	42	588 km S	743	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 %
Sandouville	76	167 km SW	799	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Épercieux-Saint-Paul	42	574 km S	732	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Faust	64	842 km S	738	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Joseph	50	267 km SW	822	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Grèges	76	95 km SW	830	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grèges	76	95 km SW	830	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sandouville	76	167 km SW	799	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Joseph	50	267 km SW	822	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Épercieux-Saint-Paul	42	574 km S	732	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Chalain-le-Comtal	42	588 km S	743	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Faust	64	842 km S	738	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Wirwignes'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
Sandouville	76	167 km SW	799	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Joseph	50	267 km SW	822	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Grèges	76	95 km SW	830	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Oudezeele	59	56 km E	690	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Kerfourn	56	444 km SW	852	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Méen	29	494 km SW	942	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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