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1,389 people call this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France home.
Schools do well: brevet results 2.2 points above the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €2,124/m² costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer. Its weakest is walkability (D−): half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Heuringhem 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 one thing Heuringhem does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Heuringhem 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.
Heuringhem 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 Heuringhem as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ascenseur à bateaux des Fontinettes, in Arques, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage and other places to visit in and near Heuringhem. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Heuringhem.
The median disposable income was €28,470 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
88.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Heuringhem, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (86.1%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%). Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 3.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Mendès FranceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 81%−5 pts |
| Collège René CassinBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 87 | 99%+12 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.
36 sales of houses and apartments in Heuringhem, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,124/m². The estimated advertised rent is €10.70/m² a month, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.53/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,124/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 106 deaths in Heuringhem from 2016 to 2025; there were 90, 15% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Heuringhem is Centre hospitalier de la Region de Saint Omer, 2.2 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
The 65-and-over age group makes up a quarter of residents. Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Residents of Heuringhem have a median age of 46.2.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Heuringhem | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people ran at 2.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 3.9 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes in Heuringhem were other physical violence than anything else (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 · Small counts of family violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Nothing in Heuringhem is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Heuringhem.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heuringhem | 1,389 | — | — | C+ | — | B |
| Blendecques | 4,859 | 1.5 | C+ | B− | B− | D |
| Arques | 9,431 | 2.7 | C− | B− | C− | D− |
| Wizernes | 3,321 | 2.8 | B | B− | A | D− |
| Longuenesse | 10,548 | 3.2 | C− | C+ | D | D |
| Saint-Omer | 14,382 | 4.1 | C− | B− | D− | D |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem | 5,843 | 4.7 | A− | C+ | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Heuringhem has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. 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 €2,124/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Heuringhem grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Heuringhem is a commune of 1,389 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer. 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.