Work and incomes are strong: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A−): 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on cost of living (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 39% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Fouquières-lès-Béthune 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.
Each subject compares Fouquières-lès-Béthune 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.
Ancienne ferme et château: Photo: Magnus the Great · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fouquières-lès-Béthune.
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Incomes in Fouquières-lès-Béthune run higher than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: a median €28,510 a year per consumption unit
11%walk, cycle or take transit
A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%). At the census, 1.9% of working residents in Fouquières-lès-Béthune didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 3.5% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Bicycle4%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter0%
550
jobs based in Fouquières-lès-Béthune, 1.3 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,510
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 76% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Fouquières-lès-Béthune is above 69% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. After the care-home adjustment, Fouquières-lès-Béthune’s deaths ran at 95 per 100 expected, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 104 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 99, 5% fewer.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Fouquières-lès-Béthune · 4.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Anne Artois
2.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Germon et Gauthier Bethune Beuvry
83.5 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pas-de-Calais, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Fouquières-lès-Béthune than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
48.2median age
Degrees are held by 38% of adults. 27% of residents are 65 or over, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: 11% of residents.
Fouquières-lès-BéthunePas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Fouquières-lès-Béthune has 1 historic monument, none of them classé
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.9% of the total, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (4.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Fouquières-lès-Béthune is a commune of 1,108 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
Population
1,108 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
0.9 sq mi (2.4 km²)
INSEE code
62350
Fouquières-lès-Béthune’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fouquières-lès-Béthune
Is Fouquières-lès-Béthune safe?
Fouquières-lès-Béthune has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 16.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 550 jobs for 450 working residents, Fouquières-lès-Béthune draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Are schools in Fouquières-lès-Béthune good?
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns. 98% of 188 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé Saint-Vaast-Saint-Dominique in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.
