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1,263 people live in this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Schools do well (A−): brevet results 4.2 points above the expected rate. Add walkability to its strengths (B+): 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is its weak spot — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (D): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 12.5% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Cambrin 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.
Each subject compares Cambrin 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.
Cambrin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Cambrin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Béthune, 4.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cambrin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Cambrin records 115 deaths per 100 expected, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and higher than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 86 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 131, 52% 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. For a family doctor, residents of Cambrin can choose among 4 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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.4 mi away. The closest collège is 1.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ÉluardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 79%+3 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 178 | 99%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
16% of residents have reached 65. People aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%). Graduates make up 28% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Cambrin | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 12.5%. At the census, 5.1% of working residents in Cambrin went to work by public transport.
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.
A house rents for an estimated €8.97/m² a month. The market in Cambrin: 20 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Cambrin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cambrin yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Cambrin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 11.2 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 83% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Cambrin is a commune of 1,263 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) · 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.