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A town of 2,785 in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Chocques has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 12.1% unemployment. At the median price of €1,338/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Chocques does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chocques 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.
Chocques has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Chocques as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien Hôtel de Beaulaincourt, in Béthune, 3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chocques.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Chocques: 117 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 267 residents of Chocques died, against 228 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% more. Also worth knowing: average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 2 family doctors.
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.
Half of residents lived on more than €22,840 a year per consumption unit, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 12.1%. Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters at the census.
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.
91 sales of houses and apartments in Chocques, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,338/m². House rents are put at about €8.52/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 91 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,338/m² | 91 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Chocques | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.3 mi off. Schools rank #78 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège LibertéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 85%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people averaged 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 5.3. All told, Chocques had 21 recorded offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes locally, family violence came up most often (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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 33.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Chocques. Best known first.
Nothing in Chocques is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Chocques.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Chocques has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns and #78 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,338/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chocques grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Chocques is a commune of 2,785 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.