School results are strong: bac results 13 points above the expected rate; brevet results 5.8 points above the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.5% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,736/m² takes 5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Andres 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 Andres 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Andres.
Schools
More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Andres than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 97.1%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 100% of 73 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. At the lycées within 5 km of Andres, 100.0% passed the bac, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Also worth knowing: the closest collège is 2.4 mi off.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D−
Andres loses more people than its age profile suggests, 123 per 100 expected, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 99 deaths in Andres between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 81: 23% above. There is one general practitioner here.
+23%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted123
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Andres · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Calais
5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Calais
83.5 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pas-de-Calais, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer commuters in Andres walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 4.6%
Half of residents lived on more than €24,670 a year per consumption unit, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) yet lower than compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 10.5%. 4.0% of Andres’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Andres, 0.2 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 16% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Andres are 65 or over: 17%, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults. Children under 15 make up 19%, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Andres by age and the one in the middle is 41.7.
41.7median age
AndresPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Andres than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.11/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,736/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Andres from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.69/m² a month.
€1,736/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Andres€1,736/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€1,668/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,736/m²
41
€10.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.34 to €12.27/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,080
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Andres
Is Andres safe?
Andres has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Andres good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Andres expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,736/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Andres grades B for cost of living.
About Andres
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Andres is a commune of 1,523 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale. 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
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.