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With 333 residents, it is a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Croix-en-Ternois has none. Just 13% of residents are 65 or older.
The one thing Croix-en-Ternois does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Croix-en-Ternois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Flochel, in Ligny-Saint-Flochel, 6.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Croix-en-Ternois.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 21% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Croix-en-Ternois | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 27% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €24,450 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) but below compared French towns (€25,970). Croix-en-Ternois holds 50 jobs; 150 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.0% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.2 mi away. The bac pass rate near Croix-en-Ternois is 91.3%, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%). At the general lycée, 97% of 260 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Roger SalengroNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 109 | 83%+2 pts |
| Lycée Albert ChâteletNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 260 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Croix-en-Ternois from July 2023 to June 2026: 9 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €7.02/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Croix-en-Ternois. Best known first.
MuseumChapelle des Sœurs noires de Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise4 km east, in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
MuseumMusée d'art et d'histoire Bruno-Danvin3.9 km east, in Saint-Pol-sur-TernoisePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Croix-en-Ternois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Croix-en-Ternois yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croix-en-Ternois | 333 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise | 4,677 | 2.4 | B− | B+ | D− | B+ |
| Frévent | 3,259 | 7.5 | B− | A | D | D |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt | 4,480 | 11 | C | B+ | D− | A− |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour | 2,593 | 11 | B− | B | A− | D− |
| Divion | 6,766 | 12 | D | B | D | D− |
| Calonne-Ricouart | 5,369 | 12 | C | B+ | C+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Croix-en-Ternois is a commune of 333 people in the Communauté de communes du Ternois. 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) · 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 8, 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.