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Some 2,014 people live in this town, in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Beaurainville’s strongest is schools (A+) — brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. It is strong on walkability as well — 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,565/m² takes 4.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des 7 Vallées. The local economy is weaker than most: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 12.9% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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. Beaurainville 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 one thing Beaurainville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beaurainville 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 Beaurainville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul, in Brimeux, 3.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaurainville.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BelremNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 96%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Pas-de-Calais can expect 83.5 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Adjusted for age and care homes, Beaurainville records 115 deaths per 100 expected, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and higher than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 185 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 213, 15% more. The nearest emergency department to Beaurainville is Centre hospitalier de L Arrondissement de Montreuil, 10.4 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Households’ median disposable income: €22,860 a year per consumption unit. 12.9% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 2.5% of working residents in Beaurainville to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are a quarter of the population. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%). The age that splits Beaurainville in two is 46.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Beaurainville | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 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.
Behind the median of €1,565/m²: 53 houses and apartments sold in Beaurainville between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.41/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,565/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 23 offenses in Beaurainville. Graded property crimes ran at 9.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.1 (2023–2025 average). Jobs outnumber working residents in Beaurainville (900 to 750): it draws people in from around. The graded crime recorded most locally was sexual violence (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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 37.4% of the index here. 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.
Nothing in Beaurainville 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 Beaurainville yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaurainville | 2,014 | — | — | B | — | D |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt | 4,480 | 7 | C | B+ | D− | A− |
| Verton | 2,571 | 11 | — | C | — | C |
| Rang-du-Fliers | 4,297 | 12 | D | C | C | D− |
| Étaples | 10,710 | 13 | C | C− | C | D |
| Merlimont | 3,342 | 13 | D | D | C+ | D |
| Cucq | 5,129 | 13 | B− | D | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,565/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beaurainville grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Beaurainville is a commune of 2,014 people in the Communauté de communes des 7 Vallées. 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.