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1,403 people live in this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Where it does best is jobs & income (A) — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.8% unemployment. Its lowest grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is weaker too (C−) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 43% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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. Fréthun 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 Fréthun 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.
Fréthun has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Fréthun as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Calais, 3.2 mi away.
4.5% 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 Fréthun.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 125 deaths in Fréthun from 2016 to 2025; there were 151, 21% more. The town has 2 family doctors.
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.
Sales in Fréthun from July 2023 to June 2026: 22 houses and apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.40/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children are 21% of the town. The age that splits Fréthun in two is 40.1.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Fréthun | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €28,250 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 6.5% of Fréthun’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Fréthun didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 88% passed the bac pro, of 240 candidates at 2 lycées. Near Fréthun, 93.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%). Collège pupils travel 2.6 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VaubanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 67%−3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Sophie BerthelotNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 416 | 94%−2 pts |
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 99%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Fréthun was theft from vehicles (2025). Violence against people averaged 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 6.4. All told, Fréthun had 10 recorded offenses in 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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 77.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Fréthun 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 Fréthun yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Fréthun has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns. 94% of 416 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Sophie Berthelot in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Fréthun is a commune of 1,403 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.