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Home to 4,641 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
A town with more to fix than most. Angres’s overall grade is D, better than 13% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #83 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,726/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. On safety it is strong — an average of 8.2 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Angres does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Angres 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 Angres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines de l'église, in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, 1.9 mi away.
1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Angres. Best known first.
MuseumLouvre-Lens4.3 km northeast, in Lens
MuseumCentre d’histoire du mémorial 14-182.1 km southwest, in SouchezAttractionAttractionAnneau de la Mémoire2.7 km west, in Ablain-Saint-NazaireAttractionAttractionCimetière militaire tchécoslovaque de Neuville-Saint-Vaast4.8 km south, in Neuville-Saint-VaastMuseumMuseumMusée Vivant de Notre Dame de Lorette3.1 km west, in Ablain-Saint-NazairePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Angres.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Pas-de-Calais, women can expect to live 83.5 years and men 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 386 deaths in Angres from 2016 to 2025; there were 414, 7% more. The town has 3 family doctors.
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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 75% passed the bac pro, of 440 candidates at 4 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Angres, 83.9% passed the bac, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). School results put the town #121 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean VilarNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 94 | 93%+3 pts |
| Lycée Henri DarrasNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 433 | 89%−4 pts |
| Collège Jean JaurèsBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 96 | 78%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
13.1% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 7.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €23,190 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of the graded crimes in Angres, burglary came up most often (2025). For 2025, the figures show 85 offenses here.
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 · For vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 4.6% 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 €1,726/m²: 81 houses and apartments sold in Angres between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.46/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.60/m² a month, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,726/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 26% have a degree. 19% are under 15, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Angres in two is 42.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Angres | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Angres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Angres.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angres | 4,641 | — | D | C | B+ | D |
| Souchez | 2,663 | 1.2 | B | C | A− | A− |
| Liévin | 30,063 | 1.4 | D− | C+ | D | D− |
| Aix-Noulette | 3,902 | 2.2 | D | C | B− | C− |
| Éleu-dit-Leauwette | 2,805 | 2.6 | C− | C+ | B+ | D |
| Grenay | 6,644 | 3 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Bully-les-Mines | 12,146 | 3 | D | C+ | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #27 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns and #121 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 89% of 433 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Henri Darras in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,726/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Angres grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Angres is a commune of 4,641 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. 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.