Zouafques

Pas-de-Calais · CA du Pays de Saint-Omer · INSEE 62904

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

Partly served 47.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Zouafques (INSEE 62904) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CA du Pays de Saint-Omer. Population 592 (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/62904-zouafques

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 17,156 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CHEVAL NOIR). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ZOUAFQUES LA RECOUSSE RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CHEVAL NOIR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	ZOUAFQUES LA RECOUSSE RP	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	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: 364 peak 2012: 609 2023: 592 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 609 (2012) → 592 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 363 (1990) → 592 (2023): 63.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 1.1 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.1 km SWPharmacy — 2.0 km EBakery — 2.9 km NWGP — 6.9 km N 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 (Louches): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tournehem-sur-la-Hem): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Audruicq): 6.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Nordausques): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Zouafques): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.8

Days at or below 0 °C 48.7

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LICQUES weather station, 8.5 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 37 m. ^[13]

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

Humidity measured at CALAIS-MARCK, 17.5 km away at 2 m, over 29 summers. ^[13]

An average of 1,132 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LICQUES, 8.5 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62904/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62904/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62904/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62904/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62531
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62827
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62057
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62618
INSEE BPE 2025 — 62904
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
Pontaubault	50	345 km SW	579	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye	76	143 km SW	745	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Binas	41	327 km S	674	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Aubin-Saint-Vaast	62	47 km S	733	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Tramain	22	419 km SW	704	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Barbonne-Fayel	51	267 km SE	482	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aubin-Saint-Vaast	62	47 km S	733	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye	76	143 km SW	745	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Barbonne-Fayel	51	267 km SE	482	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Binas	41	327 km S	674	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Pontaubault	50	345 km SW	579	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Tramain	22	419 km SW	704	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · 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 Zouafques'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
Aubin-Saint-Vaast	62	47 km S	733	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Orrouy	60	179 km S	572	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Montmort-Lucy	51	245 km SE	656	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Dambelin	25	509 km SE	512	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Ménil-de-Briouze	61	296 km SW	541	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Proyart	80	113 km SE	761	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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