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Home to 1,220 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Balinghem’s best grade is for schools — brevet results 3.2 points above the expected rate. Where it falls short is walkability (D−). The rest of its grades are middling: B for cost of living and B− for jobs & income. It also trails on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Balinghem 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 2 things Balinghem does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Balinghem 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.
Balinghem has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Balinghem as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Silos à blé dénommés Les Poires, in Ardres, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Balinghem.
3.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate comes to 6.8%. Balinghem has 300 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.5 per worker. The median disposable income is €25,240 a year per consumption unit.
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 closest lycée for the general bac is 6.7 mi off. The nearest collège is 1.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de l'EuropeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 95%+1 pt |
| Collège Notre-Dame de Grâce PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 90 | 99%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
25% of adults hold a degree. The 15-to-24 age group: 13%, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Typical age in Balinghem: 43.6, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Balinghem | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 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.
67 deaths in Balinghem between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 72: 6% below. Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Balinghem is Centre hospitalier de Calais, 5.6 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 27 homes were sold in Balinghem.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Balinghem. Best known first.
Nothing in Balinghem is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Balinghem yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Balinghem has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 3.8 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 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Balinghem is a commune of 1,220 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
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.