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It is a town of 2,593 residents in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Strong in places, weak in others. Cauchy-à-la-Tour’s overall grade of B− puts it better than 45% of compared French towns, #29 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest subject is safety: an average of 7.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,125/m² takes 3.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, 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 · 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.
Each subject compares Cauchy-à-la-Tour 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 3 things Cauchy-à-la-Tour does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cauchy-à-la-Tour as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Ames, 3 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Cauchy-à-la-Tour is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cauchy-à-la-Tour.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Pas-de-Calais, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. After the care-home adjustment, Cauchy-à-la-Tour’s deaths ran at 116 per 100 expected, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 220 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 256, 16% more.
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.
Of the graded crimes in Cauchy-à-la-Tour, criminal damage came up most often (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Cauchy-à-la-Tour show 30 offenses 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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 21.3% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure 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.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.09/m² a month, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 81 homes were sold in Cauchy-à-la-Tour. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.04/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,125/m² | 81 |
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.
The bac pass rate near Cauchy-à-la-Tour is 90.2%, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #63 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège SévignéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 72 | 76%+1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique LavoisierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 166 | 93%+2 pts |
| Collège Fréderic Joliot CurieBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 76 | 91%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €21,890 a year per consumption unit, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 8.4% of commuters at the census. At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Cauchy-à-la-Tour didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. The age that splits Cauchy-à-la-Tour in two is 44.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
3 notable people were born in Cauchy-à-la-Tour.
Philippe Pétain: Imprimerie Draeger à Montrouge en région parisienne, Public domain · André Delelis: Laure19, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Cauchy-à-la-Tour is a commune of 2,593 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour | 2,593 | — | B− | B | A− | D− |
| Auchel | 10,051 | 0.9 | C | B+ | C− | D− |
| Calonne-Ricouart | 5,369 | 1.9 | C | B+ | C+ | D− |
| Marles-les-Mines | 5,411 | 2.1 | C− | B | C+ | D− |
| Burbure | 2,834 | 2.2 | B | B+ | A | D− |
| Allouagne | 2,823 | 3.2 | — | B | — | D |
| Divion | 6,766 | 3.3 | D | B | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #10 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #63 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 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 Cauchy-à-la-Tour grades B for cost of living.
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 9, 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.