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1,523 people live in this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.

Is Andres a good place to live?

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.

What makes Andres stand out

The 2 things Andres does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Andres grades

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.

How grading works

Andres has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Andres’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Andres’ story

No historic monuments in Andres

The Culture ministry lists no building in Andres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Silos à blé dénommés Les Poires, in Ardres, 2.7 mi away.

11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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.

97.1%passed the brevetA+School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Andres97.1%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Andres100.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Les Quatre VentsNearest collègeCollègeCollège8598%+12 pts
Lycée polyvalent Jean Bosco PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée73100%+13 pts
Collège Notre-Dame de Grâce PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège9099%+6 pts

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100%
passed the vocational bac, +13 pts against the expected rate
97.1%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +5.8 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.

Work & commuteJobs & income D−

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

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

About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Andres
AndresPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1519%18%17%
15–2412%12%11%
25–4423%24%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+17%20%22%
No diploma23%24%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education24%22%30%

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 typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,736/m²41
€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

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Abbaye Saint-Médard d'Andres and 5 more in and around Andres

Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Andres. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Andres

15pages on Andres

Landmarks

Nothing in Andres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Andres

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Andres yet.

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Andres’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pas-de-Calais →
GuînesArdresCoulogneMarckCalaisAudruicqGuînesArdresCoulogneMarckCalaisAudruicqAndres
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Andres1,523——B—D−
Guînes5,4792C+B−CD−
Ardres4,3892.6BB−A−D−
Coulogne5,4384.2C+CA−C+
Marck10,4675.9CC−A−C−
Calais67,5716DC+D−D−
Audruicq5,3096.8BB+BD

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

Population
1,523 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.3 km²)
INSEE code
62031

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.