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The town, home to 12,146 people, lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Bully-les-Mines’s overall grade of D puts it better than a tenth of compared French towns, #91 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. It lags on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,588/m² takes 5.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Bully-les-Mines does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bully-les-Mines 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’s list holds 4 historic monuments in Bully-les-Mines; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bully-les-Mines.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 6 general practitioners in Bully-les-Mines. After the care-home adjustment, Bully-les-Mines’ deaths ran at 111 per 100 expected, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,420 residents of Bully-les-Mines died, against 1,073 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% more. In Pas-de-Calais, women can expect to live 83.5 years and men 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 13.9 violent offenses and 16.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The 2025 count: 369 offenses in Bully-les-Mines. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Bully-les-Mines (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.
Half of residents lived on more than €21,580 a year per consumption unit, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 3.8% of working residents in Bully-les-Mines to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of the population. Residents of Bully-les-Mines have a median age of 41.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bully-les-Mines | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.72/m² a month, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €8.89/m² a month. Also worth knowing: among the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,589/m² | 278 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 77% passed the bac pro, of 211 candidates at 2 lycées. Schools rank #56 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Anita ContiNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 82%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Léo LagrangeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 134 | 98%+5 pts |
| Collège Langevin-WallonBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 86%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.7% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Bully-les-Mines. Best known first.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 4 historic monuments in Bully-les-Mines; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Église Saint-Maclou: Photo: Felouch Kotek · CC BY-SA 3.0
19 notable people were born in Bully-les-Mines.
André Strappe: Rizla+ figurina, Public domain · Jules Bigot: GLOBO (marque disparue en 1940), Public domain · Dimitri Mohamed: V4nco, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Édouard Pignon: Fritz Schueller (photographer) Amos.schueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe: Gcatry, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bully-les-Mines | 12,146 | — | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Grenay | 6,644 | 1 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Mazingarbe | 8,217 | 1.5 | D | C+ | C− | D− |
| Aix-Noulette | 3,902 | 1.6 | D | C | B− | C− |
| Sains-en-Gohelle | 5,948 | 1.8 | D | C | C+ | D− |
| Liévin | 30,063 | 2.7 | D− | C+ | D | D− |
| Vermelles | 4,729 | 2.8 | C | B− | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #84 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 29 burglaries and 100 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #56 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 98% of 134 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Léo Lagrange in 2025, 5 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bully-les-Mines grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Bully-les-Mines is a commune of 12,146 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.