On the Culture ministry’s list, Barly counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Château de Varlemont. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Château de Varlemont 18th c.

12th c.

oldest protected part

1971

first monument protected

Full pageBarly’s history pageOpen the page

Age of homes46% built before 1919 · Older homes Map2 historic monuments Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Barly?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Barly than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 14% are under 15

Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.2%. 23% of residents are 65 or over.

49.9median age

BarlyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Pas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

23%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma27%

CAP or BEP31%

Baccalauréat17%

Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Barly
	Barly	Pas-de-Calais median	France median
Under 15	14%	18%	17%
15–24	9.2%	12%	11%
25–44	18%	24%	23%
45–64	36%	26%	26%
65+	23%	20%	22%
No diploma	27%	24%	19%
CAP or BEP	31%	27%	26%
Baccalauréat	17%	19%	18%
Higher education	21%	22%	30%

Full pageBarly’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages49.9 median age · 23% are 65 or over Households90 households · 2.2 people per household Born abroad1% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Barly?”

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Barly are out of work than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or across compared French towns: 7.9%

At the census, 8.4% 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. Barly has 100 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.9 per worker. Households’ median disposable income: €26,160 a year per consumption unit.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%

On foot4%

Public transport3%

Motorbike or scooter2%

Bicycle1%

100

jobs based in Barly, 0.9 per working resident

7.9%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€26,160

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

worked without traveling (at or from home)

Full pageBarly’s work & commute pageOpen the page

Jobs based here100 jobs based here · 0.9 per working resident Getting to work8% walk, cycle or take transit Median income€26,160 a year · Median income per consumption unit

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

Schools

95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 7 points above the expected rate

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

Collège pupils travel 2 mi to the nearest one. The nearest general lycée is 10 mi away.

95.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Barly95.0%

Median of towns87.5%

School	Level	Candidates	Passed, 2025
Collège du Val du GyNearest collègeCollège	Collège	84	95%+7 pts

95.0%

passed the brevet at the collèges, +7 pts against the expected rate

2 mi

to the nearest collège from the town center

Full pageBarly’s schools pageOpen the page

Collèges95.0% passed the brevet · One collège within 5 km

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Barly is €11.70/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €7.71/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 2 homes in Barly.

€11.70/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Barly€11.70/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Pas-de-Calais median€11.26/m²

€11.70/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.51 to €14.40/m² a month)

€7.71/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageBarly’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€11.70/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Varlemont and 2 more in and around Barly

Heritage in and near Barly. Best known first.

All attractions →

ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Varlemontin town ChâteauChâteauChâteau4.9 km west, in Grand-Rullecourt ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saulty3.8 km south, in Saulty

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Everything we know about Barly

13pages on Barly

The big questions

SchoolsOne collèges and 0 lycées within 5 km Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 9.7 mi away Housing2 sales on record, the last three years Work & commute100 jobs based here Flood & hazards

Out and about

OutdoorsAttractionsOne place to visit mapped in town ClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 49.9 History2 historic monuments Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Barly counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →

Inscrit

Église Saint-LégerChurch · 12th–20th c.

Château de VarlemontChâteau · 18th c.

Photo credits

Château de Varlemont: Photo: BernardArras · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Barly

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Barly as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Barly’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 →

DainvilleAnzin-Saint-AubinAchicourtArrasSainte-CatherineBeaurainsBarly

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Barly	199	—	—	—	—	—
Dainville	5,683	8.3	B	C	B⁻	D
Anzin-Saint-Aubin	2,833	9.7	A	C⁻	A	B
Achicourt	7,873	9.8	C	C⁺	C	D
Arras	42,875	10	C⁻	C	D	D
Sainte-Catherine	3,471	10	A⁻	C	B⁺	C
Beaurains	5,559	11	C⁺	C⁺	C⁺	C⁻

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

About Barly

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

Barly is a commune of 199 people in the Communauté de communes des Campagnes de l'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

Population: 199 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes des Campagnes de l'Artois
Département: Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région: Hauts-de-France
Area: 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km²)
INSEE code: 62084

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.