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Home to 3,779 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Overall, Bapaume earns a D: better than 15% of compared French towns, and #75 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Crime runs high: an average of 23.5 recorded violent incidents and 20.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,233/m² takes 3.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Sud-Artois. Walkability is its strong suit — 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also trails on health (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Bapaume does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bapaume 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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The Culture ministry lists no building in Bapaume as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Rocquigny, 4.5 mi away.
2.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bapaume.
For 2025, the figures show 175 offenses in Bapaume. With 3,400 jobs for 1,250 working residents, Bapaume draws people in from neighbouring communes. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
At the census, 22.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €21,160 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
683 deaths in Bapaume between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 389: 75% above. The nearest emergency department to Bapaume is Ch Peronne, 12.1 mi away. Women in Pas-de-Calais live to 83.5 on average and men to 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 10 general practitioners locally.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #112 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais on results. The nearest general lycée is 11.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Carlin LegrandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 147 | 76%−4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Philippe AugusteNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 94 | 81%−2 pts |
| Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 71 | 97%+5 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.
Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.88/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.13/m² a month, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Also worth knowing: among the homes sold, 93% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,204/m² | 76 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 15% of the town. Half of Bapaume is older than 43.3, half younger. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bapaume | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Bapaume is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
9 notable people were born in Bapaume.
Jean-Paul Delevoye: Semaines sociales de France, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Jean-Baptiste Joseph Lequette: Documents familiaux, Public domain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades D− for safety, #111 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 56 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #112 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bapaume grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Bapaume is a commune of 3,779 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud-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
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.