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Home to 1,324 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 3.2 points above the expected rate. Its weakest is health (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 14% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,011/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Brêmes 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 2 things Brêmes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Brêmes 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.
Brêmes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Brêmes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Silos à blé dénommés Les Poires, in Ardres, 0.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brêmes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Brêmes is Centre hospitalier de Calais, 6.5 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, Brêmes’ deaths ran at 114 per 100 expected, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and above compared French towns (88). 115 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 101: 14% above. 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 0.6 mi away. General-bac pupils go 7.5 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de l'EuropeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 95%+1 pt |
| Collège Notre-Dame de Grâce PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 90 | 99%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €25,520 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 10.1% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,011/m², comes from 37 sales of houses and apartments in Brêmes from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,011/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
25% of adults hold a degree, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 23% of the town. At 44.6, the median resident of Brêmes sits in the middle of the age range.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Brêmes | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Brêmes. Best known first.
Nothing in Brêmes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Brêmes.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Brêmes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 94% 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 €2,011/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Brêmes grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Brêmes is a commune of 1,324 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale. 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 October 30, 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.