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A town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, home to 1,242 people.
Festubert’s strongest subject is schools — brevet results 4.6 points above the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,245/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Most journeys need a car: 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Festubert has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Festubert does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Festubert 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.
Festubert has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Festubert as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien Hôtel de Beaulaincourt, in Béthune, 4.4 mi away.
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 Festubert.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.6 mi away. The nearest collège is 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joliot CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 103 | 83%+4 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 178 | 99%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Festubert’s deaths ran at 105 per 100 expected, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) but above compared French towns (88). 88 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 84: 5% above. At birth, a girl in Pas-de-Calais can expect 83.5 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
6.0% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 4.3% 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%). 100 jobs are based in Festubert, for 550 working residents (0.2 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 34% have a degree. Typical age in Festubert: 44.7, the median. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Festubert | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.93/m² a month, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €2,245/m²: 42 houses and apartments sold in Festubert between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.68/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,245/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Festubert. Best known first.
Nothing in Festubert is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Festubert as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Festubert | 1,242 | — | — | C | — | D |
| Violaines | 3,839 | 2.3 | B+ | C | A | D− |
| Beuvry | 9,189 | 2.7 | D | B− | C− | D− |
| Richebourg | 2,687 | 2.7 | B | C | A− | C |
| La Couture | 2,590 | 3 | — | C | — | C |
| Auchy-les-Mines | 4,625 | 3 | C− | C+ | C+ | D− |
| La Bassée Nord | 6,650 | 3.2 | C− | C+ | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Festubert has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,245/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Festubert grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Festubert is a commune of 1,242 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. 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.