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The town, home to 5,559 people, lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
The picture is mixed. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At C+ overall, Beaurains ranks #38 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Nationally, it does better than 39% of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 1 job per working resident; 11.5% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,025/m² takes 5.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine d'Arras. Fewer journeys need a car: 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Beaurains does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beaurains 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Beaurains as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Citadelle d'Arras, in Achicourt, 1.8 mi away.
0.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Beaurains. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras3.3 km north, in Arras
AbbeyAbbaye Saint-Vaast3.3 km north, in Arras
MuseumCarrière Wellington1.9 km north, in Arras
FortCitadelle d'Arras2.8 km northwest, in ArrasCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Vaast d'Arras3.4 km north, in ArrasPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaurains.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 424 deaths in Beaurains from 2016 to 2025; there were 438, 3% more. After the care-home adjustment, Beaurains’ deaths ran at 103 per 100 expected, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) but above compared French towns (88). The town has 6 family doctors. Life expectancy in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
The jobless rate is 11.5%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,440 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) but below compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Beaurains counts 1 jobs (2,350 jobs, 2,350 workers).
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 bac pass rate near Beaurains is 93.7%, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). School results put the town #49 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François MitterrandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 96 | 88%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Guy MolletNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 487 | 93%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Jacques Le CaronBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 73 | 86%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
2025 saw 127 offenses recorded in Beaurains. Violence against people averaged 9.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14. The commonest graded crime here 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 · When sexual violence and armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
28% of adults hold a degree, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) but below compared French towns (30%). People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. The median resident of Beaurains is 43 years old.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Beaurains | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.19/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 83% were houses. Sales in Beaurains from July 2023 to June 2026: 149 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,977/m² | 124 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Beaurains is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Beaurains.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaurains | 5,559 | — | C+ | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Achicourt | 7,873 | 1 | C | C+ | C | D |
| Arras | 42,875 | 2 | C− | C | D | D |
| Saint-Laurent-Blangy | 6,459 | 2.7 | C | C+ | C− | D |
| Dainville | 5,683 | 2.9 | B | C | B− | D |
| Saint-Nicolas | 4,494 | 2.9 | C | B− | C− | D |
| Sainte-Catherine | 3,471 | 3.2 | A− | C | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #55 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 46 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns and #49 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 93% of 487 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Guy Mollet in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.90/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beaurains grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Beaurains is a commune of 5,559 people in the Communauté urbaine d'Arras. 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.