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4,625 people call this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France home.
A town of contrasts. Health is its weak spot — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Auchy-les-Mines earns a C−: better than just over a fifth of compared French towns, and #67 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. At €1,780/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 15.0% unemployment.
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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Auchy-les-Mines 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 2 things Auchy-les-Mines does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Auchy-les-Mines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien site minier de la fosse 11-19 de la Compagnie des Mines de Lens, in Loos-en-Gohelle, 4.7 mi away.
1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Auchy-les-Mines is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auchy-les-Mines.
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. 362 deaths in Auchy-les-Mines between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 271: 33% above. 7 GPs practise locally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Median disposable income comes to €22,890 a year per consumption unit. 3.2% of Auchy-les-Mines’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are 12% of the population. Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Half of Auchy-les-Mines is older than 40.1, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Auchy-les-Mines | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 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.
Near Auchy-les-Mines, 87.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #48 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joliot CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 103 | 83%+4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel BoillyNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 103 | 87%−1 pt |
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 88%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Auchy-les-Mines were criminal damage than anything else (2025). In 2025, 92 offenses were recorded here. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 12.4 cases of violence against people and 12.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 2.2% 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.
The median price, €1,780/m², comes from 122 sales of houses and apartments in Auchy-les-Mines from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.02/m² a month, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €9.73/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,780/m² | 122 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Auchy-les-Mines as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Auchy-les-Mines is a commune of 4,625 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades C+ for safety, #59 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 40 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns and #48 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 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 €1,780/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Auchy-les-Mines grades C+ for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.