Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 2,072: a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Schools are its weak spot — bac results 4.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results a point below the expected rate. It lags on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,818/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Givenchy-en-Gohelle 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 Givenchy-en-Gohelle 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.
Givenchy-en-Gohelle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Givenchy-en-Gohelle does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Givenchy-en-Gohelle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines de l'église, in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, 2.3 mi away.
1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Givenchy-en-Gohelle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Givenchy-en-Gohelle.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 68% passed the bac pro, of 136 candidates at 2 lycées. The bac pass rate near Givenchy-en-Gohelle is 84.8%, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 1.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Descartes-MontaigneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 93%+6 pts |
| Lycée Henri DarrasNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 433 | 89%−4 pts |
| Collège Jean VilarBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 94 | 93%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
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, Givenchy-en-Gohelle’s deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 167 residents of Givenchy-en-Gohelle died, against 165 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% 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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
62 sales of houses and apartments in Givenchy-en-Gohelle, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,818/m². A house rents for an estimated €9.25/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,818/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The census found 6.0% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Givenchy-en-Gohelle: 200, for 900 residents in work (0.2 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and close to compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Givenchy-en-Gohelle in two is 44. Under-15s account for 18% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Givenchy-en-Gohelle | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
17 offenses were reported in Givenchy-en-Gohelle during 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.9 violent offenses and 9.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 28.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Givenchy-en-Gohelle. Best known first.
MuseumLouvre-Lens4.8 km northeast, in Lens
MuseumCentre d’histoire du mémorial 14-182.2 km west, in SouchezAttractionAttractionAnneau de la Mémoire3.8 km west, in Ablain-Saint-NazaireAttractionAttractionCimetière militaire tchécoslovaque de Neuville-Saint-Vaast3.7 km southwest, in Neuville-Saint-VaastMuseumMuseumMusée Vivant de Notre Dame de Lorette4.4 km west, in Ablain-Saint-NazaireArt galleryArt galleryGalerie des expositions temporaires4.7 km northeast, in LensPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Givenchy-en-Gohelle yet.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Givenchy-en-Gohelle is a commune of 2,072 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givenchy-en-Gohelle | 2,072 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Angres | 4,641 | 1.3 | D | C | B+ | D |
| Souchez | 2,663 | 1.4 | B | C | A− | A− |
| Vimy | 4,270 | 2 | D | C− | B | C− |
| Liévin | 30,063 | 2.2 | D− | C+ | D | D− |
| Éleu-dit-Leauwette | 2,805 | 2.5 | C− | C+ | B+ | D |
| Avion | 17,435 | 2.7 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Givenchy-en-Gohelle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns. 89% of 433 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Henri Darras in 2025, 4 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 €1,818/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Givenchy-en-Gohelle grades C for cost of living.
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.