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Home to 5,825 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
The weak point is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 12.0% unemployment. Its best grade is for walkability: 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,551/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. All told, that adds up to a C overall and a rank of #58 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. On that grade it does better than 27% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety and B for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Annezin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Annezin 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Annezin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien Hôtel de Beaulaincourt, in Béthune, 1 mi away.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Annezin. Best known first.
MuseumMusée régional d'ethnologie de Béthune2.3 km east, in BéthuneAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Chocques3.1 km west, in ChocquesMonastery or conventMonastery or conventChartreuse des Dames de Gosnay4 km southwest, in GosnayFortFortTour Saint-Ignace1.9 km east, in BéthuneFortFortEnceinte de Béthune1.7 km east, in BéthunePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Annezin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
5 GPs practise in Annezin. Women in Pas-de-Calais live to 83.5 on average and men to 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 523 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 423: 24% above.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
The jobless rate is 12.0%. Bus, tram or train carried 4.4% of working residents in Annezin to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 77% passed the bac pro, of 441 candidates at 3 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Annezin, 90.6% passed the bac, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). Ranked by results, schools here are #58 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège LibertéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 85%+1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique Louis BlaringhemNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 406 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Albert DebeyreBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 162 | 92%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Annezin, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 143 offenses in the town in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 10.6 violent offenses and 12.3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 armed robbery and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 1.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Degrees are held by 26% of adults. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 18%, near both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%).
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Annezin | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
200 sales of houses and apartments in Annezin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,551/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.89/m² a month, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.84/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,551/m² | 200 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Annezin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Annezin.
Daniel Beauvois: Dawid Skoblewski, CC BY 3.0
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It grades C+ for safety, #46 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #58 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 98% of 406 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Louis Blaringhem in 2025, at 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 €1,551/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Annezin grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Annezin is a commune of 5,825 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. 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.