Witternesse

Pas-de-Calais · CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane · INSEE 62900

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

Few services 20.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Witternesse (INSEE 62900) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Population 636 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/62900-witternesse

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 16,802 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.52
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SULLY RPI 126). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LEBEL'HAIR · LES FAVORIS DE PALEM). ^[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]

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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SULLY RPI 126	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	LEBEL'HAIR · LES FAVORIS DE PALEM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 587 2023: 636 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 581 (2012) → 636 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 552 (1990) → 636 (2023): 15.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 0.7 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km NEGP — 2.5 km EBakery — 3.5 km SWPharmacy — 3.5 km SW 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 (Estrée-Blanche): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lambres-lez-Aire): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lambres-lez-Aire): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Estrée-Blanche): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.9

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LILLERS weather station, 10.1 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 26 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LILLERS, 10.1 km away at 19 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 691 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LILLERS, 10.1 km away at 19 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 — 62900/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62900/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62900/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62900/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62313
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62486
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62900
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
Heidwiller	68	483 km SE	641	21.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Heimersdorf	68	490 km SE	645	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Vivaise	02	139 km SE	654	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ames	62	8.5 km SE	676	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Faverois	90	484 km SE	593	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 24 % · humidity 100 %
Valcourt	52	288 km SE	596	16.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ames	62	8.5 km SE	676	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vivaise	02	139 km SE	654	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Valcourt	52	288 km SE	596	16.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Heidwiller	68	483 km SE	641	21.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Faverois	90	484 km SE	593	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 24 % · humidity 100 %
Heimersdorf	68	490 km SE	645	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Witternesse'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
Vivaise	02	139 km SE	654	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ames	62	8.5 km SE	676	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Quiestède	62	8.3 km NW	663	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Oust-Marest	80	90 km SW	608	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Mello	60	149 km S	600	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Avenay	14	263 km SW	555	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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