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Home to 223 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Escalles is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 42% of homes.
The one thing Escalles does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Escalles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour du Guet, in Calais, 6.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit and museums in and near Escalles. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Escalles.
Degrees are held by two in five adults, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for a quarter of residents. At 48.6, the median resident of Escalles sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Escalles | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.3% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
50 jobs are based in Escalles, for 100 working residents (0.8 per worker). Nearly a fifth of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 13.3%, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 4 homes were sold in Escalles.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Escalles 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 Escalles yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Escalles is a commune of 223 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) · 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.