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15- to 24-year-olds are 14% of the population. It is a town of 17,435 residents in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
A tough set of grades. Health lags (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 18.5% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,461/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at D−, #117 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Nationally, it does behind almost every compared French town.
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.
The 3 things Avion does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Avion 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 Avion 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, 3.1 mi away.
2% 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 family days out in and near Avion. Best known first.
MuseumLouvre-Lens3.2 km northwest, in LensArt galleryArt galleryGrande galerie3.2 km northwest, in LensArt galleryArt galleryGalerie des expositions temporaires3.3 km northwest, in LensBattlefieldBattlefield'the Pimple' - April 12th, 19175 km west, in AngresMuseumMuseumGalerie du Temps3.2 km northwest, in LensPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Avion.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,741 residents of Avion died, against 1,257 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% more. Life expectancy in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Avion can choose among 12 GPs.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 11.9 cases of violence against people and 19.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). All told, Avion had 551 recorded offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Avion (2025).
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, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children are a fifth of the town. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Half of Avion is older than 38.9, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Avion | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income is €19,900 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 5.5% of working residents in Avion 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.
The bac pass rate near Avion is 88.1%, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 76% passed the bac pro, of 528 candidates at 5 lycées. On results, collèges and lycées here come #113 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Jacques RousseauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 78%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Pablo PicassoNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 128 | 88%−3 pts |
| Collège MicheletBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 90 | 86%+16 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
413 sales of houses and apartments in Avion, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,461/m². Houses in Avion sell for €1,399/m² and apartments for €1,521/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.21/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,399/m² | 293 |
| Apartments | €1,521/m² | 120 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Avion is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
8 notable people were born in Avion.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avion | 17,435 | — | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Éleu-dit-Leauwette | 2,805 | 1.2 | C− | C+ | B+ | D |
| Sallaumines | 9,414 | 1.7 | D− | C+ | D | D− |
| Méricourt | 11,619 | 1.9 | D− | C+ | C− | D |
| Lens | 32,920 | 2 | D− | C+ | D− | D |
| Noyelles-sous-Lens | 6,854 | 2.5 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Vimy | 4,270 | 2.6 | D | C− | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #92 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 39 burglaries and 212 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #113 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 €1,461/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.59/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Avion grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Avion is a commune of 17,435 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.