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BainghenPas-de-Calais

Home to 208 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.

Is Bainghen a good place to live?

There are no grades for Bainghen: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 15% of residents are 15 to 24.

What makes Bainghen stand out

The one thing Bainghen does most differently from other towns.

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Bainghen’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Bainghen’s story

No historic monuments in Bainghen

The Culture ministry lists no building in Bainghen as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye des Prémontrés, in Licques, 2.3 mi away.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bainghen.

Who lives here

Students and young workers shape Bainghen: 15% are 15 to 24, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns

16% are under 15, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by 30% of adults. Line up the people of Bainghen by age and the one in the middle is 45.3.

45.3median age
BainghenPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bainghen
BainghenPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1516%18%17%
15–2415%12%11%
25–4418%24%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+21%20%22%
No diploma18%24%19%
CAP or BEP20%27%26%
Baccalauréat26%19%18%
Higher education30%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Bainghen has lower unemployment than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 5.1%

Households’ median disposable income: €27,560 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Bainghen, 0.2 per working resident
5.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

94.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For collège, the closest is 2.6 mi away.

94.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Bainghen94.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollègeCollège6594%+2 pts
94.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
2.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Bainghen is €11.61/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €9.06/m² a month. The market in Bainghen: 6 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€11.61/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bainghen€11.61/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€11.26/m²
€11.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.49 to €14.19/m² a month)
€9.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bainghen

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Landmarks

Nothing in Bainghen is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Bainghen

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bainghen yet.

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Bainghen’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pas-de-Calais →
DesvresRinxentGuînesArdresMarquiseLumbresDesvresRinxentGuînesArdresMarquiseLumbresBainghen
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bainghen208—————
Desvres4,8296.7B+A−B−D
Rinxent2,9878.1—B−—D
Guînes5,4798.2C+B−CD−
Ardres4,3898.5BB−A−D−
Marquise5,2179.7C+C+C+D−
Lumbres3,5799.8A−A−B+D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Bainghen

Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Bainghen is a commune of 208 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale. 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

Population
208 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.6 sq mi (6.8 km²)
INSEE code
62076

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.