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2,638 people call this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France home.
A town with more to fix than most. Coquelles grades D overall and ranks #79 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Set against the rest, it does better than 14% of compared French towns. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 20.1 recorded violent incidents and 19.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It lags on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Households here earn well (B+): 8.1 jobs per working resident; 12.2% unemployment. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (B+): 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,485/m² takes 7.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et Mers.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Coquelles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coquelles 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 Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Coquelles; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1977.
2.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coquelles.
Coquelles has 6,950 jobs for 850 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Police and gendarmerie figures for Coquelles show 104 offenses in 2025. Other physical violence topped the graded crimes in Coquelles (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 · When burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (3.0% of the index here). Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 505 residents of Coquelles died, against 363 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% more. This Pas-de-Calais town has 18 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Graduates make up 29% of adults. 13% are under 15, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Add to that, people aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Coquelles | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Coquelles from July 2023 to June 2026: 80 houses and apartments. Houses accounted for 70% of sales, apartments for the rest. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.58/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,429/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
12.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 6.6% of working residents in Coquelles to work at the census. At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Coquelles didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 18th century. Before 1919: that is when 2.9% of homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.7 mi to the nearest one. The town’s schools place #72 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VaubanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 67%−3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Sophie BerthelotNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 416 | 94%−2 pts |
| Collège RépubliqueBest against expectations: 18 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 62 | 87%+18 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Coquelles. Best known first.
MuseumCité internationale de la dentelle et de la mode de Calais4.5 km northeast, in CalaisMuseumMuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Calais4.4 km northeast, in CalaisFortFortFort Risban4.7 km northeast, in CalaisZooZooFerme urbaine4 km northeast, in CalaisMuseumMuseumMusée de mémoire 1939 - 19454 km northeast, in CalaisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Coquelles has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Moulin à vent: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Coquelles yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades D for safety, #103 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #72 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 94% of 416 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Sophie Berthelot in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.40/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Coquelles grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Coquelles is a commune of 2,638 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et Mers. 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 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.