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EchinghenPas-de-Calais

A town of 378 in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.

Is Echinghen a good place to live?

Echinghen is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Echinghen’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Echinghen’s story

No historic monuments in Echinghen

The Culture ministry lists no building in Echinghen as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Pont-de-Briques, in Saint-Léonard, 1.6 mi away.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Château de Boulogne-sur-Mer and 13 more in and around Echinghen

Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Echinghen. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Echinghen.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Echinghen than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 15% are under 15

Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%). Graduates make up 34% of adults.

50.1median age
EchinghenPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Echinghen
EchinghenPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1515%18%17%
15–248.5%12%11%
25–4419%24%23%
45–6434%26%26%
65+23%20%22%
No diploma25%24%19%
CAP or BEP20%27%26%
Baccalauréat15%19%18%
Higher education34%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Echinghen has lower unemployment than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 5.1%

At the census, 4.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Echinghen counts 0.7 jobs (100 jobs, 150 workers). Median disposable income comes to €31,560 a year per consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving74%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Echinghen, 0.7 per working resident
5.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
20%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the 11 collèges within 5 km, 4.9 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Vocational results within 5 km: 82% passed the bac pro, of 368 candidates at 5 lycées. For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away.

98%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Echinghen90.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Echinghen94.2%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Roger SalengroNearest collègeCollègeCollège10088%+5 pts
Lycée polyvalent Giraux SannierNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée18699%+2 pts
Collège AngellierBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège6588%+12 pts

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98%
passed the general and technological bac, +1.7 pts against the expected rate
82%
passed the vocational bac, −0.5 pts against the expected rate
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4.9 pts against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Echinghen is €10.84/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

5 houses and apartments changed hands in Echinghen from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Echinghen€10.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€11.26/m²
€10.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.68 to €13.52/m² a month)
€9.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Echinghen

13pages on Echinghen

Landmarks

Nothing in Echinghen is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Echinghen

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Echinghen yet.

How we find them →

Echinghen’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pas-de-Calais →
Saint-LéonardSaint-Martin-BoulogneSaint-Étienne-au-MontBoulogne-sur-MerOutreauLe PortelSaint-LéonardSaint-Martin-BoulogneSaint-Étienne-au-MontBoulogne-sur-MerOutreauLe PortelEchinghen
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Echinghen378—————
Saint-Léonard3,3531.2—C—C
Saint-Martin-Boulogne10,8881.9CCC−C−
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont5,0292.3C+CA−C−
Boulogne-sur-Mer40,5392.5C−C+D−D
Outreau13,1382.7C−C+C−D−
Le Portel8,7683.3DCDD−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Echinghen

Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Echinghen is a commune of 378 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais. 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

Population
378 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.3 sq mi (5.9 km²)
INSEE code
62281

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 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.