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Population 474: a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.

Is Capelle-lès-Hesdin a good place to live?

Capelle-lès-Hesdin is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Capelle-lès-Hesdin’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Capelle-lès-Hesdin’s story

No historic monuments in Capelle-lès-Hesdin

The Culture ministry lists no building in Capelle-lès-Hesdin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Hesdin-la-Forêt, 2.9 mi away.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Capelle-lès-Hesdin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Capelle-lès-Hesdin.

Who lives here

Capelle-lès-Hesdin has fewer young adults than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 7.7% are 15 to 24

42.1median age

The share of residents under 15 is 20%. 18% of residents are 65 or over, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by 28% of adults.

Capelle-lès-HesdinPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Capelle-lès-Hesdin
Capelle-lès-HesdinPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1520%18%17%
15–247.7%12%11%
25–4427%24%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+18%20%22%
No diploma13%24%19%
CAP or BEP32%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education28%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Capelle-lès-Hesdin, 7.5%, runs below Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns

2%walk, cycle or take transit

Half of residents lived on more than €24,530 a year per consumption unit, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Capelle-lès-Hesdin number 50, against 200 residents in work (0.1 per worker). At the census, 2.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Capelle-lès-Hesdin, 0.1 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

78.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 8 points below the expected rate

78.0%passed the brevet

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

The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 13.2 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Capelle-lès-Hesdin78.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège des 7 ValléesNearest collègeCollègeCollège7478%−8 pts
78.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −8 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Capelle-lès-Hesdin than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.34/m² a month

€10.34/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

The market in Capelle-lès-Hesdin: 16 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Capelle-lès-Hesdin€10.34/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€11.26/m²
€10.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.62 to €12.40/m² a month)
€8.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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Everything we know about Capelle-lès-Hesdin

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About Capelle-lès-Hesdin

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

Capelle-lès-Hesdin is a commune of 474 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
474 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des 7 Vallées
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.6 km²)
INSEE code
62212

Capelle-lès-Hesdin’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 →
Hesdin-la-ForêtAuxi-le-ChâteauFréventRueSaint-Pol-sur-TernoiseVertonHesdin-la-ForêtAuxi-le-ChâteauFréventRueSaint-Pol-sur-TernoiseVertonCapelle-lès-Hesdin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Capelle-lès-Hesdin474—————
Hesdin-la-Forêt4,4803CB+D−A−
Auxi-le-Château2,5479.2C+A−C−C
Frévent3,25914B−ADD
Rue Somme2,98715C+C+BB−
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise4,67715B−B+D−B+
Verton2,57116—C—C

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

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.