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A town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, home to 6,087 people.
Residents’ health trails most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,436/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. Its best grade is for walkability — 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a D overall, better than 5% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #101 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. The local economy is weaker than most (D−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 14.0% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Fouquières-lès-Lens does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fouquières-lès-Lens 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fouquières-lès-Lens as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Hénin-Beaumont, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fouquières-lès-Lens.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Fouquières-lès-Lens has 5 family doctors. Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 770 residents of Fouquières-lès-Lens died, against 511 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 51% more.
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.
14.0% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 4.7% of working residents in Fouquières-lès-Lens to work at the census. At the census, 2.0% of working residents in Fouquières-lès-Lens didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2025 saw 130 offenses recorded in Fouquières-lès-Lens. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 10.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 17.1. Also worth knowing: the graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #102 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Émile ZolaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 84%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis PasteurNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 172 | 92%−3 pts |
| Collège Youri GagarineBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 72 | 97%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 16% have a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and above compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 20% of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Fouquières-lès-Lens | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 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.
Behind the median of €1,436/m²: 121 houses and apartments sold in Fouquières-lès-Lens between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.77/m² a month. Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,419/m² | 119 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Fouquières-lès-Lens. Best known first.
Nothing in Fouquières-lès-Lens is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Fouquières-lès-Lens.
Cyprien Quinet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fouquières-lès-Lens | 6,087 | — | D | C+ | C | D− |
| Billy-Montigny | 7,937 | 0.8 | D− | B− | D− | D |
| Noyelles-sous-Lens | 6,854 | 1.1 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Montigny-en-Gohelle | 9,743 | 1.1 | D | B− | C | D |
| Harnes | 12,247 | 1.5 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Rouvroy | 8,552 | 1.9 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Sallaumines | 9,414 | 1.9 | D− | C+ | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #66 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #102 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 92% of 172 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louis Pasteur in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,436/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.04/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fouquières-lès-Lens grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Fouquières-lès-Lens is a commune of 6,087 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. 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 November 9, 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.