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This town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France has a population of 1,762.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is jobs & income: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 12.0% unemployment. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,273/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Camblain-Châtelain 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 one thing Camblain-Châtelain does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Camblain-Châtelain 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.
Camblain-Châtelain 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 Camblain-Châtelain as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Ames, 4.6 mi away.
12% 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 Camblain-Châtelain.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
150 deaths in Camblain-Châtelain between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 146: 3% above. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Camblain-Châtelain come to 103 per 100 predicted. For a family doctor, residents of Camblain-Châtelain have one GP on hand. 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Camblain-Châtelain from July 2023 to June 2026: 56 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €8.85/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,273/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,220 a year per consumption unit. 12.0% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 1.5% of working residents in Camblain-Châtelain 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.
Collège pupils travel 0.8 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fréderic Joliot CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 76 | 91%+13 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique LavoisierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 166 | 93%+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
Degrees are held by 22% of adults, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 19% of residents are 65 or older. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Camblain-Châtelain | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and heritage in and near Camblain-Châtelain. Best known first.
Nothing in Camblain-Châtelain is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Camblain-Châtelain.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camblain-Châtelain | 1,762 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Calonne-Ricouart | 5,369 | 1.3 | C | B+ | C+ | D− |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour | 2,593 | 1.6 | B− | B | A− | D− |
| Auchel | 10,051 | 1.8 | C | B+ | C− | D− |
| Divion | 6,766 | 2.1 | D | B | D | D− |
| Marles-les-Mines | 5,411 | 2.2 | C− | B | C+ | D− |
| Burbure | 2,834 | 3.7 | B | B+ | A | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Camblain-Châtelain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 93% of 166 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Lavoisier 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 Camblain-Châtelain grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Camblain-Châtelain is a commune of 1,762 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.