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This town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France has a population of 1,324.
Where it does best is schools: bac results 0.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,191/m² takes 6.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais. Getting around depends on the car (D−): 36% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Baincthun 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 Baincthun does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Baincthun 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.
Baincthun has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Baincthun, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Baincthun.
Half of residents lived on more than €28,290 a year per consumption unit, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). 3.1% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Baincthun has 150 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Of those in the labour force, 5.5% are unemployed.
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.
Near Baincthun, 88.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (86.1%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%). The closest collège is 3 mi off. At the general lycée, 99% of 186 candidates passed the bac, 2 points above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Roger SalengroNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 100 | 88%+5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Giraux SannierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 186 | 99%+2 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.84/m² a month, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 31 homes in Baincthun. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.06/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,191/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Baincthun, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Typical age in Baincthun: 46.9, the median. Children are 17% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Baincthun | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Baincthun has one family doctor. 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. From 2016 to 2025, 81 residents of Baincthun died, against 89 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Baincthun has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Baincthun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baincthun | 1,324 | — | — | C | — | C+ |
| Saint-Martin-Boulogne | 10,888 | 2.9 | C | C | C− | C− |
| Saint-Léonard | 3,353 | 2.9 | — | C | — | C |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | 40,539 | 3.8 | C− | C+ | D− | D |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont | 5,029 | 3.8 | C+ | C | A− | C− |
| Wimille | 3,866 | 4.3 | C | C− | B− | D− |
| Outreau | 13,138 | 4.3 | C− | C+ | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Baincthun has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Baincthun grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Baincthun is a commune of 1,324 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais. 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 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.