Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,834 residents and lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
The picture is mixed. Its strongest is safety — an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, Burbure earns a B, which places it #21 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. It comes out better than 55% of compared French towns. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: 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) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 2 things Burbure does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Burbure 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 Burbure as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Omer, in Lillers, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Burbure.
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. 283 deaths in Burbure between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 236: 20% above. For a family doctor, residents of Burbure can choose among 6 GPs.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Among the graded crimes in Burbure, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 26 offenses here 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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (22.5% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.42/m² a month, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.99/m² a month. 95 houses and apartments changed hands in Burbure from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,269/m² | 95 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €23,110 a year per consumption unit, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 9.9% of people in the labour force have no job. Public transport took 3.7% of Burbure’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Burbure, 94.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away. Results rank its schools #62 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René CassinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 100 | 92%+2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Anatole FranceNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 200 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Fernand DegrugillierBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 74 | 84%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Ages in Burbure split evenly at 43.1: half are older, half younger. The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents. Children are 18% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Burbure | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums in and near Burbure. Best known first.
Nothing in Burbure is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Burbure.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burbure | 2,834 | — | B | B+ | A | D− |
| Auchel | 10,051 | 1.9 | C | B+ | C− | D− |
| Lillers | 10,193 | 1.9 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Allouagne | 2,823 | 2 | — | B | — | D |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour | 2,593 | 2.2 | B− | B | A− | D− |
| Marles-les-Mines | 5,411 | 2.7 | C− | B | C+ | D− |
| Calonne-Ricouart | 5,369 | 3.3 | C | B+ | C+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #4 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #62 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 99% of 200 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Anatole France in 2025, 2 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 Burbure grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Burbure is a commune of 2,834 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. 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.