Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,062 residents, it is a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Hermies does especially well on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools lag (C−): brevet results at the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Hermies 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 2 things Hermies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hermies 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.
Hermies 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 Hermies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Rocquigny, 6.1 mi away.
2% 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 Hermies.
The median disposable income was €23,960 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) but below compared French towns (€25,970). 750 jobs are based in Hermies, for 450 working residents (1.7 per worker). The jobless rate is 10.8%.
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 Sud-Artois. Advertised rents are estimated at €9.74/m² a month, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.92/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,056/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques-Yves CousteauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 66 | 79%±0 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.
157 deaths in Hermies between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 144: 9% above. The nearest emergency department to Hermies is Etablissement Public de Sante de Cambrai, 9.1 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Hermies can choose among 3 GPs. In Pas-de-Calais, women can expect to live 83.5 years and men 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Those 65 and older account for a quarter of residents. Degrees are held by 18% of adults, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The middle age in Hermies is 47.9.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Hermies | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Hermies. Best known first.
Nothing in Hermies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Hermies as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermies | 1,062 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Masnières Nord | 2,689 | 7.5 | B+ | A− | B | D |
| Proville Nord | 3,206 | 8.1 | B+ | B+ | A− | C− |
| Bapaume | 3,779 | 8.3 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy Nord | 4,012 | 9.5 | B | A− | B− | C+ |
| Cambrai Nord | 31,134 | 9.8 | C− | B | D | D |
| Escaudœuvres Nord | 3,171 | 11 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hermies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 8.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 21% 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 Hermies grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Hermies is a commune of 1,062 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud-Artois. 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.