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In Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, this town has 1,038 residents.
Jobs and pay hold up well: 1.6 jobs per working resident; 4.9% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B− for walkability. Homes are dear: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is nearly two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Athies 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.
The one thing Athies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Athies 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.
Athies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Athies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Arras, 2.8 mi away.
1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Athies. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras4.8 km west, in Arras
AbbeyAbbaye Saint-Vaast4.8 km west, in Arras
MuseumCarrière Wellington4.7 km southwest, in ArrasAttractionAttractionBeffroi d'Arras4.6 km west, in ArrasAttractionAttractionSeaforth Highlanders Memorial2.1 km east, in FampouxPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Athies.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Athies. At birth, a girl in Pas-de-Calais can expect 83.5 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 77 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 82, 7% more.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Athies recorded 27 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 96% of what sold.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 20% of residents are under 15. 20% of residents are 65 or over.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Athies | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul VerlaineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 92%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Guy MolletNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 487 | 93%−1 pt |
| Collège Marie CurieBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 70 | 93%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €29,100 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 7.5% of working residents in Athies to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Athies 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 Athies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athies | 1,038 | — | — | C | — | D |
| Saint-Laurent-Blangy | 6,459 | 1.6 | C | C+ | C− | D |
| Saint-Nicolas | 4,494 | 2.4 | C | B− | C− | D |
| Arras | 42,875 | 3.3 | C− | C | D | D |
| Sainte-Catherine | 3,471 | 3.4 | A− | C | B+ | C |
| Beaurains | 5,559 | 3.6 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Achicourt | 7,873 | 3.8 | C | C+ | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Athies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns. 93% of 487 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Guy Mollet in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Athies is a commune of 1,038 people in the Communauté urbaine d'Arras. 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) · 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.