Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,947 residents and lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Jobs & income is its strong suit: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. It is strong on health as well (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are weaker too (C): brevet results 1.3 points above the expected rate.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Fleurbaix has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Fleurbaix does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fleurbaix 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.
Fleurbaix has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Fleurbaix as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Observatoire militaire 1914-1918, in Frelinghien, 6.6 mi away.
3.4% 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 Fleurbaix.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Pas-de-Calais live to 83.5 on average and men to 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 249 deaths in Fleurbaix from 2016 to 2025; there were 178, 29% fewer. 5 GPs practise here.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.32/m² a month, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. The market in Fleurbaix: 82 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,861/m² | 82 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 5.4%, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 8.4% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
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.
No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 3.2 mi away. For collège, the closest is 3 mi away. Schools rank #99 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 69%−3 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 67 | 100%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and close to compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Fleurbaix in two is 46.1.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Fleurbaix | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 2.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 10.5. Recorded offenses in Fleurbaix came to 37 in 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was burglary (2025).
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 25.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Fleurbaix. Best known first.
Nothing in Fleurbaix 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 Fleurbaix 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleurbaix | 2,947 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Erquinghem-Lys Nord | 5,341 | 2.1 | B+ | C− | A | C+ |
| Sailly-sur-la-Lys | 3,981 | 2.2 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| La Chapelle-d'Armentières Nord | 8,754 | 2.9 | B | C− | C+ | B |
| Laventie | 5,044 | 3.2 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
| Armentières Nord | 26,998 | 3.5 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Nieppe Nord | 7,764 | 3.6 | B− | C | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fleurbaix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 35% of compared French towns and #99 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fleurbaix grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Fleurbaix is a commune of 2,947 people in the Communauté de communes Flandre Lys. 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.