Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,008 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Blaringhem has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,914/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Blaringhem does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Blaringhem with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Blaringhem as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Érasme, in Sercus, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Blaringhem.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Blaringhem is below both Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Blaringhem comes below both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,914/m², comes from 53 sales of houses and apartments in Blaringhem from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,914/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 20% are 65 or over, against 12% and 19% in the median compared commune of Nord. 28% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Nord 26%, France 30%).
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Blaringhem | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
For Blaringhem, that is below both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Blaringhem has 650 jobs for 900 working residents, 0.7 per worker. At the census, 6.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Blaringhem. Best known first.
Nothing in Blaringhem is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Blaringhem as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaringhem | 2,008 | — | — | B | — | B+ |
| Aire-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 9,598 | 3.8 | C+ | B+ | C− | D |
| Arques Pas-de-Calais | 9,431 | 5.4 | C− | B− | C− | D− |
| Morbecque | 2,573 | 5.4 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Blendecques Pas-de-Calais | 4,859 | 5.7 | C+ | B− | B− | D |
| Isbergues Pas-de-Calais | 8,650 | 5.9 | C+ | B+ | B− | D |
| Hazebrouck | 21,912 | 6.3 | B− | B− | B− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Blaringhem has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,914/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Blaringhem grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Blaringhem is a commune of 2,008 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.