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Home to 1,598 people, this town lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
School results are strong: bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3.3 points above the expected rate. It is strong on jobs & income as well (A−) — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,348/m² takes 6.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Jans-Cappel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Jans-Cappel 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.
Saint-Jans-Cappel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Jans-Cappel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Bailleul, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Jans-Cappel. Best known first.
GardenConservatoire botanique national de Bailleul3.1 km southeast, in Bailleul
MuseumMusée Benoît-De-Puydt de Bailleul3.7 km south, in BailleulAttractionAttractionGrotte Notre-Dame de la Salettein townAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye du Mont des Cats4.5 km northwest, in GodewaersveldeAttractionAttractionBeffroi de Bailleul3.1 km south, in BailleulPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jans-Cappel.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Jans-Cappel, 93.0% passed the bac, higher than Nord’s towns (90.4%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). The bac pro: 93% of 109 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. The closest collège is 1.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maxime DeytsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 186 | 92%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 109 | 93%+2 pts |
| Collège Immaculée Conception PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 146 | 99%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 146 deaths in Saint-Jans-Cappel from 2016 to 2025; there were 118, 19% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jans-Cappel is Centre hospitalier D Hazebrouck, 8.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Jans-Cappel have one GP on hand. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Half of residents lived on more than €28,980 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 7.3% of working residents in Saint-Jans-Cappel to work at the census. At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Saint-Jans-Cappel didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Jans-Cappel | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.16/m² a month, below both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Saint-Jans-Cappel: 34 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.21/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,348/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of the graded crimes in Saint-Jans-Cappel, criminal damage came up most often (2025). In 2025, 9 offenses were recorded locally. Graded property crimes ran at 10.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.7 (2023–2025 average).
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 54.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Jans-Cappel 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 Saint-Jans-Cappel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jans-Cappel | 1,598 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Bailleul | 14,732 | 2.4 | B | C | C | B− |
| Steenwerck | 3,450 | 5.6 | A− | B− | A− | C |
| Vieux-Berquin | 2,628 | 6.2 | — | B | — | B |
| Steenvoorde | 4,332 | 6.9 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
| Nieppe | 7,764 | 7.1 | B− | C | C+ | C+ |
| Sailly-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 3,981 | 8.1 | A+ | B | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Jans-Cappel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Jans-Cappel grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Jans-Cappel is a commune of 1,598 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 November 4, 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.