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A town of 3,737 in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Éperlecques has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,746/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer. Its strongest is schools (B): brevet results at the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Éperlecques does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Éperlecques 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.
Éperlecques has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Éperlecques, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1986.
Explore the history →Museums and heritage in and near Éperlecques. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Éperlecques.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
267 deaths in Éperlecques between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 228: 17% above. Adjusted for age and care homes, Éperlecques records 117 deaths per 100 expected, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and above compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Éperlecques is Centre hospitalier de la Region de Saint Omer, 8.8 mi away. Average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
The median disposable income was €24,080 a year per consumption unit, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). 3.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Éperlecques holds 750 jobs; 1,500 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each. Unemployment stands at 9.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 27% of adults. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Line up the people of Éperlecques by age and the one in the middle is 39.8.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Éperlecques | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 20th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.5% of the total, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (4.2%) but below compared French towns (7.4%).
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.
By results, schools here place #61 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The nearest general lycée is 5.8 mi away. A collège lies 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sacré-Coeur PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 47 | 87%+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.
87 sales of houses and apartments in Éperlecques, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,746/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 87 homes were sold here. Houses were 99% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,756/m² | 86 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Éperlecques was criminal damage (2025). The police record for Éperlecques lists 32 offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 4.9.
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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 28.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Éperlecques has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Éperlecques.
Gilles Cocquempot: Nalanico, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éperlecques | 3,737 | — | — | B− | — | D− |
| Watten Nord | 2,564 | 2.4 | B+ | A− | A− | D |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem | 5,843 | 5.1 | A− | C+ | A− | C+ |
| Audruicq | 5,309 | 5.9 | B | B+ | B | D |
| Saint-Omer | 14,382 | 5.9 | C− | B− | D− | D |
| Longuenesse | 10,548 | 6.7 | C− | C+ | D | D |
| Wizernes | 3,321 | 7.7 | B | B− | A | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Éperlecques has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #61 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 €1,746/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Éperlecques grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Éperlecques is a commune of 3,737 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer. 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.
