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The town, home to 1,018 people, lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques is hard to get around without a car (D−). Work and incomes lag (C−): 0.1 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Health lags (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques 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.
Each subject compares Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques 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.
Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques.
Unemployment runs at 8.7%. At the census, 3.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €26,370 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
34% of adults hold a degree, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town. Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 59 residents of Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques died, against 61 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques’ deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques is Centre hospitalier de la Region de Saint Omer, 9.4 mi away. 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.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. 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.
House rents are put at about €8.55/m² a month. 25 houses and apartments changed hands in Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 10th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5.7 violent offenses and 3.7 graded property crimes a year. In 2025, armed robbery led the graded crimes in Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques.
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques | 1,018 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Éperlecques | 3,737 | 2 | — | B− | — | D− |
| Watten Nord | 2,564 | 4.3 | B+ | A− | A− | D |
| Audruicq | 5,309 | 5.1 | B | B+ | B | D |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem | 5,843 | 6.1 | A− | C+ | A− | C+ |
| Saint-Omer | 14,382 | 7.2 | C− | B− | D− | D |
| Ardres | 4,389 | 7.2 | B | B− | A− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques is a commune of 1,018 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer. 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 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.