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5,438 residents make their home in this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Where it falls short is jobs & income — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.5% unemployment. With a C+ overall, Coulogne is better than 44% of compared French towns and ranks #30 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Its best grade is for safety: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It is strong on walkability as well: 59% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,837/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et Mers.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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 one thing Coulogne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coulogne 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 lists no building in Coulogne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Calais, 2.3 mi away.
4.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coulogne.
The 2025 count: 71 offenses in Coulogne. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Coulogne (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· Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 4.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,837/m²: 194 houses and apartments sold in Coulogne between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.57/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.87/m² a month, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,866/m² | 184 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 11.5%, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 9.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Pas-de-Calais live to 83.5 on average and men to 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 494 deaths in Coulogne from 2016 to 2025; there were 510, 3% more. 3 GPs practise locally.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Coulogne has a median age of 47.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Coulogne | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 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.
At the lycées within 5 km of Coulogne, 92.1% passed the bac, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #70 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 100%+5 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Saint-Pierre PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 135 | 99%+1 pt |
| 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 Coulogne. Best known first.
MuseumCité internationale de la dentelle et de la mode de Calais3.3 km northwest, in CalaisAttractionAttractionCitadelle de Calais4.5 km northwest, in CalaisMuseumMuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Calais4.2 km northwest, in CalaisFortFortFort Risban5 km northwest, in CalaisZooZooFerme urbaine3.4 km northwest, in CalaisMuseumMuseumMusée de mémoire 1939 - 19453.7 km northwest, in CalaisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Coulogne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Coulogne.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades A− for safety, #19 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #70 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 99% of 135 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Saint-Pierre in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,837/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Coulogne grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Coulogne is a commune of 5,438 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.