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With 5,952 residents, it is a town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its schools fall short: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A−): 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Crime is low (B+): an average of 8.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. A 70 m² home at the median €1,958/m² costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque. The overall grade lands at C, #96 of 189 in Nord. Nationally, it does better than 25% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Loon-Plage does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Loon-Plage 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 Loon-Plage as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Bourbourg, 3.4 mi away.
2.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Loon-Plage.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 500 residents of Loon-Plage died, against 406 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% more. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Loon-Plage can choose among 7 GPs.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.8 mi off. Schools rank #188 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 61 | 75%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The unemployment rate comes to 9.7%. Loon-Plage has 3,750 jobs for 2,550 working residents, 1.5 per worker. Half of residents lived on more than €24,560 a year per consumption unit, about level with Nord’s towns (€23,900) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents. Children under 15 make up 19% of residents. The median resident of Loon-Plage is 41.8 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Loon-Plage | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
All told, Loon-Plage had 101 recorded offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Loon-Plage (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (5.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,958/m²: 149 houses and apartments sold in Loon-Plage between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,958/m² | 149 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Family days out in and near Loon-Plage. Best known first.
Nothing in Loon-Plage is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Loon-Plage yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loon-Plage | 5,952 | — | C | B− | B+ | D− |
| Bourbourg | 6,931 | 3.5 | C+ | B− | C | D− |
| Grande-Synthe | 20,239 | 3.9 | D | B− | C | D− |
| Gravelines | 11,430 | 3.9 | C+ | C | C | D |
| Grand-Fort-Philippe | 4,887 | 4.9 | C+ | B− | B | D− |
| Cappelle-la-Grande | 7,839 | 6.6 | C− | C+ | B+ | D |
| Dunkerque | 86,263 | 7.3 | D | C− | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #42 of 189 in Nord.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns and #188 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,958/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Loon-Plage grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Loon-Plage is a commune of 5,952 people in the Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque. 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.