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15- to 24-year-olds are 14% of the population. It is a town of 7,937 residents in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
The data are hard on it. At D− overall, Billy-Montigny is better than 2% of compared French towns and ranks #114 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Crime is the sore point: an average of 17.7 recorded violent incidents and 23.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homes sell for a median €1,324/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. Where it does best is walkability (A): 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also trails on health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Billy-Montigny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Billy-Montigny 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 Billy-Montigny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Hénin-Beaumont, 1.6 mi away.
3.6% 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 Billy-Montigny.
The police record for Billy-Montigny lists 283 offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Billy-Montigny (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 armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Billy-Montigny has 5 family doctors. Adjusted for age and care homes, Billy-Montigny records 116 deaths per 100 expected, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and higher than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 718 residents of Billy-Montigny died, against 563 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% more. Women in Pas-de-Calais live to 83.5 on average and men to 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
The median disposable income was €19,530 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 1.9% of working residents in Billy-Montigny didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took nearly a tenth of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children are just over a fifth of the town. 17% of adults hold a degree, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 15% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Billy-Montigny | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Billy-Montigny is 88.1%, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. School results put the town #107 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège David MarcelleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 79%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis PasteurNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 172 | 92%−3 pts |
| Collège Youri GagarineBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 72 | 97%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,324/m², comes from 150 sales of houses and apartments in Billy-Montigny from July 2023 to June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.79/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.15/m² a month, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,308/m² | 143 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and other places to visit in and near Billy-Montigny. Best known first.
Nothing in Billy-Montigny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Billy-Montigny.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy-Montigny | 7,937 | — | D− | B− | D− | D |
| Fouquières-lès-Lens | 6,087 | 0.8 | D | C+ | C | D− |
| Rouvroy | 8,552 | 1.2 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Montigny-en-Gohelle | 9,743 | 1.2 | D | B− | C | D |
| Noyelles-sous-Lens | 6,854 | 1.6 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Drocourt | 2,939 | 1.7 | C+ | C+ | B− | A− |
| Hénin-Beaumont | 25,688 | 1.7 | D− | C+ | D− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D− for safety, #107 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 94 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 30% of compared French towns and #107 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 92% of 172 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louis Pasteur in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,324/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Billy-Montigny grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Billy-Montigny is a commune of 7,937 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. 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.