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Population 5,479: a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At C+ overall, Guînes ranks #40 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Set against the rest, it does better than 36% of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 14.8% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,625/m² costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale. Pupils here do better than most: bac results 13 points above the expected rate; brevet results 12 points above the expected rate.
Figures: 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 Guînes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Guînes 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.
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Guînes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1972.
Louis Antoine Leclercq, born in 1856, is the one person born in Guînes before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Guînes.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Guînes, 100.0% passed the bac, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For exam results, it comes #2 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The bac pro: 100% of 73 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les Quatre VentsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 98%+12 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Bosco PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 73 | 100%+13 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.
4 GPs practise in Guînes. Average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 600 residents of Guînes died, against 417 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 44% 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Half of residents lived on more than €21,570 a year per consumption unit, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 3.5% of Guînes’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 13.6 cases of violence against people and 12.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The police record for Guînes lists 155 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime in the town was family violence (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 · When vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (3.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town. Children under 15 make up 19%, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Guînes are older than 40.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Guînes | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century. Nearly a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (4.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,625/m², comes from 180 sales of houses and apartments in Guînes from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 180 homes were sold in the town. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.18/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,638/m² | 176 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Guînes. Best known first.
Guînes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Guînes.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades C for safety, #62 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 49 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns and #2 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 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 €1,625/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.51/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Guînes grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Guînes is a commune of 5,479 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale. 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 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.