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In Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, this town has 1,891 residents.
Hesdin-l'Abbé’s schools beat most: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Cost of living is its weak spot: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Hesdin-l'Abbé 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 Hesdin-l'Abbé 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.
Hesdin-l'Abbé 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 Hesdin-l'Abbé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Pont-de-Briques, in Saint-Léonard, 2.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hesdin-l'Abbé.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.5 mi away. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ÉluardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 96%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 98% were houses. Sales in Hesdin-l'Abbé from July 2023 to June 2026: 49 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €9.40/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,264/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,100 a year. At the census, 3.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 27% of the population. 17% are under 15, lower than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and near compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 28% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Hesdin-l'Abbé | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 236 residents of Hesdin-l'Abbé died, against 200 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more. 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. One GP practises locally.
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.
Nothing in Hesdin-l'Abbé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Hesdin-l'Abbé yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hesdin-l'Abbé | 1,891 | — | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont | 5,029 | 3 | C+ | C | A− | C− |
| Saint-Léonard | 3,353 | 3.1 | — | C | — | C |
| Samer | 4,704 | 3.4 | B | B− | A | D− |
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot | 4,115 | 4.1 | C | D− | B+ | C |
| Saint-Martin-Boulogne | 10,888 | 4.7 | C | C | C− | C− |
| Outreau | 13,138 | 4.9 | C− | C+ | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hesdin-l'Abbé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.54/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Hesdin-l'Abbé grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Hesdin-l'Abbé is a commune of 1,891 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais. 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.