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This town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France has a population of 6,082.
Residents’ health trails most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Hersin-Coupigny grades C overall, better than 30% of compared French towns, and ranks #52 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 12.9% unemployment. Its strongest subject is safety — an average of 9.1 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,395/m² takes 4.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Hersin-Coupigny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hersin-Coupigny 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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The Culture ministry lists no building in Hersin-Coupigny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre, in Servins, 2.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hersin-Coupigny.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Pas-de-Calais, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 419 deaths in Hersin-Coupigny from 2016 to 2025; there were 582, 39% more. There are 7 general practitioners in the town.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
For 2025, the figures show 68 offenses in Hersin-Coupigny. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 other physical violence, armed robbery, burglary, 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 (5.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). 17% of residents have reached 65. Hersin-Coupigny has a median age of 39.3 years.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Hersin-Coupigny | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 12.9%, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €21,910 a year per consumption unit. 3.0% of Hersin-Coupigny’s 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.44/m² a month, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.23/m² a month. Also worth knowing: 161 houses and apartments changed hands in Hersin-Coupigny from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,407/m² | 153 |
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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 81% passed the bac pro, of 232 candidates at 2 lycées. Near Hersin-Coupigny, 90.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #86 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Romain RollandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 73%−6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent d'ArtoisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 171 | 97%+2 pts |
| Collège Saint-François PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 138 | 99%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Hersin-Coupigny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Hersin-Coupigny.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hersin-Coupigny | 6,082 | — | C | B | B+ | D− |
| Sains-en-Gohelle | 5,948 | 1.4 | D | C | C+ | D− |
| Barlin | 7,331 | 1.7 | D− | B− | C− | D− |
| Nœux-les-Mines | 11,590 | 1.9 | D | B− | D | D |
| Bully-les-Mines | 12,146 | 3.1 | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Aix-Noulette | 3,902 | 3.2 | D | C | B− | C− |
| Mazingarbe | 8,217 | 3.4 | D | C+ | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #23 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns and #86 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 97% of 171 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent d'Artois in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Hersin-Coupigny grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Hersin-Coupigny is a commune of 6,082 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. 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.