Schools do well: brevet results 7 points above the expected rate. Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Safety is weaker too (C−): an average of 17.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). Avesnes-le-Comte 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.
Each subject compares Avesnes-le-Comte 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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Église Saint-Nicolas · Classé · Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Pir6mon (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Avesnes-le-Comte’s story
Avesnes-le-Comte in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Avesnes-le-Comte counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1910First protected: Église Saint-Nicolas
1937Most recently protected: Ancien cimetière de l'église
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Avesnes-le-Comte.
Schools
Schools around Avesnes-le-Comte do better than those of 97% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Avesnes-le-Comte, 95.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 10.4 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D−
Avesnes-le-Comte loses more people than its age profile suggests, 121 per 100 expected, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
4 GPs practise in Avesnes-le-Comte. The nearest emergency department to Avesnes-le-Comte is Centre hospitalier D Arras, 10.1 mi away. 177 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 147: 21% above. In Pas-de-Calais, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
+21%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw121
Adjusted121
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Avesnes-le-Comte · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Arras
9.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Arras les Bonnettes
83.5 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pas-de-Calais, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Avesnes-le-Comte costs less than in both Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.67/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,382/m², below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€1,668/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. The market in Avesnes-le-Comte: 48 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,382/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Avesnes-le-Comte€1,382/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€1,668/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,394/m²
47
€9.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.91 to €11.82/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.49/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,140
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Campagnes de l'Artois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Getting about on foot is easier in Avesnes-le-Comte than in 83% of compared French towns
Median disposable income comes to €22,210 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Avesnes-le-Comte number 1,050, against 750 residents in work (1.4 per worker). Unemployment stands at 11.7%.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot9%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,050
jobs based in Avesnes-le-Comte, 1.4 per working resident
11.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 83% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Avesnes-le-Comte sits above 77% of compared French towns
Avesnes-le-Comte’s tally for 2025: 65 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most here was other physical violence (2025).
17.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence18
Criminal damage17
Family violence15
Sexual violence15
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence6
Fraud5
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.
17.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
65
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (12.2% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Old homes shape Avesnes-le-Comte: 13% were built before 1919, more than in both Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Avesnes-le-Comte is Église Saint-Nicolas. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Avesnes-le-Comte: 13% are 15 to 24, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by 18% of adults, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Residents of Avesnes-le-Comte have a median age of 42.6. Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older.
42.6median age
Avesnes-le-ComtePas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Église Saint-Nicolas: Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Pir6mon (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Avesnes-le-Comte
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Avesnes-le-Comte as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Avesnes-le-Comte
Are schools in Avesnes-le-Comte good?
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Avesnes-le-Comte expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Avesnes-le-Comte grades A for cost of living.
About Avesnes-le-Comte
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Avesnes-le-Comte is a commune of 1,840 people in the Communauté de communes des Campagnes de l'Artois. 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
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.
