Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,362 residents make their home in this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B for schools. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C−): 2.5 jobs per working resident; 15.5% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023. Fruges 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 3 things Fruges does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fruges 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.
Fruges 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 Fruges as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Omer, in Merck-Saint-Liévin, 7.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fruges.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
503 deaths in Fruges between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 281: 79% above. Adjusted for age and care homes, Fruges records 112 deaths per 100 expected, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and above compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Fruges is Centre hospitalier de la Region de Saint Omer, 13.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Fruges can choose among 5 GPs.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Unemployment stood at 15.5%, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 19.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. At the census, 5.3% of working residents in Fruges didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes du Haut Pays du Montreuillois. The estimated advertised rent is €9.75/m² a month, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €986/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs outnumber working residents in Fruges (2,150 to 850): it draws people in from around. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 8.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10.6. In 2025, 51 offenses were recorded here. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Fruges (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, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, 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, 19.5% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
16% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%). Retirement age and beyond: just over a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Fruges has a median age of 47.1 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Fruges | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Fruges, 98.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest general lycée is 13 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques BrelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 66 | 80%−2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 41 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Fruges is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Fruges.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruges | 2,362 | — | — | A− | B | D |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt | 4,480 | 11 | C | B+ | D− | A− |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise | 4,677 | 13 | B− | B+ | D− | B+ |
| Lumbres | 3,579 | 13 | A− | A− | B+ | D |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour | 2,593 | 14 | B− | B | A− | D− |
| Wizernes | 3,321 | 14 | B | B− | A | D− |
| Aire-sur-la-Lys | 9,598 | 15 | C+ | B+ | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fruges grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Fruges is a commune of 2,362 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut Pays du Montreuillois. 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 4, 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.