Wissant

Pas-de-Calais · CC de la Terre des Deux Caps · INSEE 62899

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 55.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wissant (INSEE 62899) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC de la Terre des Deux Caps. Population 835 (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/62899-wissant

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 15,410 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	1	20	19.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.14	10	1.41
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE TRAITEUR DES 2 CAPS). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

16 × Restaurant (BAR LES SIRENES · LES FRANGINS · LA TERRASSE DES FILLES · LA PETITE FAIM). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (WEEK END · CAFE CHARLEMAGNE · LA PLAGE WISSANT). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARINA ROSE, MÉDECIN · STÉPHANIE DALLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LEVRAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

4 × Hotel (HÔTEL NORMANDY · HOTEL LE VIVIER WISSANT - VUE MER · HOTEL LE VIVIER WISSANT - CENTRE VILLAGE · HÔTEL BELLEVUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA SOURCE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LE TRAITEUR DES 2 CAPS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SPAR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Restaurant	16	BAR LES SIRENES · LES FRANGINS · LA TERRASSE DES FILLES · LA PETITE FAIM	INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	WEEK END · CAFE CHARLEMAGNE · LA PLAGE WISSANT	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MIXTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MARINA ROSE, MÉDECIN · STÉPHANIE DALLE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LEVRAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	4	HÔTEL NORMANDY · HOTEL LE VIVIER WISSANT - VUE MER · HOTEL LE VIVIER WISSANT - CENTRE VILLAGE · HÔTEL BELLEVUE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,058 peak 1990: 1,303 2023: 835 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,033 (2012) → 835 (2023): -19.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,303 (1990) → 835 (2023): -35.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,553, of which 71.5 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 3.0 km S 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 (Audembert): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Wissant): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Wissant): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Wissant): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Wissant): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 17.1▸

Muggy days a summer 1

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BOULOGNE-SEM weather station, 17.5 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 25 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BOULOGNE-SEM, 17.5 km away at 73 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 846 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOULOGNE-SEM, 17.5 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62899/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62899/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62899/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62899/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62052
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62899
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
Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer	83	932 km SE	639	62.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Arette	64	885 km S	1,032	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Flumet	73	667 km SE	799	68.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Ancelle	05	774 km SE	1,017	62	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
La Salvetat-sur-Agout	34	814 km S	1,108	63.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Les Adrets	38	701 km SE	1,079	62.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 42 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Flumet	73	667 km SE	799	68.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Les Adrets	38	701 km SE	1,079	62.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 42 %
Ancelle	05	774 km SE	1,017	62	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
La Salvetat-sur-Agout	34	814 km S	1,108	63.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Arette	64	885 km S	1,032	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer	83	932 km SE	639	62.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · 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 Wissant'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
Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer	22	376 km SW	908	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Île-aux-Moines	56	491 km SW	630	64.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys	56	498 km SW	2,004	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Larmor-Baden	56	494 km SW	917	58.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Carolles	50	331 km SW	774	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Trévières	14	254 km SW	925	73.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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