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BrimeuxPas-de-Calais

Home to 868 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.

Is Brimeux a good place to live?

There are no grades for Brimeux: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 31% of homes here are second homes.

What makes Brimeux stand out

The 2 things Brimeux does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul
Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul · Classé · Photo: André Lemoine · CC BY-SA 3.0
Brimeux’s story

Brimeux in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Brimeux counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1985.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1985First protected: Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brimeux.

Who lives here

Brimeux has fewer young adults than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 7.8% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The median resident of Brimeux is 43.9 years old.

43.9median age
BrimeuxPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Brimeux
BrimeuxPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1520%18%17%
15–247.8%12%11%
25–4425%24%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+19%20%22%
No diploma19%24%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education24%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Brimeux keeps more of its old housing than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Brimeux is Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul. The protected list starts in the 15th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

15th c.
oldest protected part
1985
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Only 3.3% of commuters in Brimeux go to work without a car, fewer than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns

For its 400 residents in work, Brimeux has 100 jobs: 0.2 each. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,600 a year per consumption unit.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Brimeux, 0.2 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,600
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

96.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Collège pupils travel 3 mi to the nearest one.

96.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Brimeux96.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège BelremNearest collègeCollègeCollège10596%+6 pts
96.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +6 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Median price in Brimeux: €1,428/m²

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Brimeux recorded 46 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.82/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.63/m² a month, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€1,428/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Brimeux€1,428/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€1,668/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,428/m²46
€11.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.33 to €14.51/m² a month)
€8.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Brimeux

13pages on Brimeux

Landmarks

Brimeux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul: Photo: André Lemoine · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Brimeux

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Brimeux as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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Brimeux’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pas-de-Calais →
VertonRang-du-FliersÉtaplesHesdin-la-ForêtMerlimontCucqVertonRang-du-FliersÉtaplesHesdin-la-ForêtMerlimontCucqBrimeux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Brimeux868—————
Verton2,5718.9—C—C
Rang-du-Fliers4,2979.2DCCD−
Étaples10,71010CC−CD
Hesdin-la-Forêt4,48010CB+D−A−
Merlimont3,34210DDC+D
Cucq5,12910B−DB+D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Brimeux

Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Brimeux is a commune of 868 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

Population
868 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des 7 Vallées
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
4.1 sq mi (10.7 km²)
INSEE code
62177

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.