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With 4,568 residents, it is a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Biache-Saint-Vaast’s strongest subject is schools — brevet results 3.5 points above the expected rate. Overall, Biache-Saint-Vaast earns a B+, better than just over two thirds of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #9 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. It also does well on safety (B+): an average of 9.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,645/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Osartis Marquion. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Biache-Saint-Vaast does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Biache-Saint-Vaast 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 Biache-Saint-Vaast as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cromlech, dénommé les Bonnettes, in Sailly-en-Ostrevent, 2.8 mi away.
1.7% 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 Biache-Saint-Vaast.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 393 residents of Biache-Saint-Vaast died, against 314 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% more. 7 GPs practise 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #13 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. General-bac pupils go 6.7 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège GerminalNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 95%+2 pts |
| Collège Pablo NérudaBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 136 | 96%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. The age that splits Biache-Saint-Vaast in two is 38.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Biache-Saint-Vaast | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
93 offenses in the graded categories were recorded in Biache-Saint-Vaast in 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 · For burglary, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 4.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,645/m²: 128 houses and apartments sold in Biache-Saint-Vaast between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.95/m² a month, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €9.49/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,645/m² | 128 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of those in the labour force, 10.0% are unemployed. For its 1,900 residents in work, Biache-Saint-Vaast has 1,100 jobs: 0.6 each. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Biache-Saint-Vaast is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Biache-Saint-Vaast.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biache-Saint-Vaast | 4,568 | — | B+ | B+ | B+ | D− |
| Vitry-en-Artois | 4,849 | 1.9 | B+ | B | B | C− |
| Brebières | 5,283 | 3.7 | B− | B | C | D |
| Courchelettes Nord | 2,855 | 5.6 | C− | C+ | B+ | C |
| Drocourt | 2,939 | 5.6 | C+ | C+ | B− | A− |
| Lambres-lez-Douai Nord | 4,883 | 6.1 | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Rouvroy | 8,552 | 6.2 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #28 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns and #13 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 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 €1,645/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Biache-Saint-Vaast grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Biache-Saint-Vaast is a commune of 4,568 people in the Communauté de communes Osartis Marquion. 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.