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A town of 2,485 in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Hinges has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,245/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Its strongest is schools (B+): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Hinges does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hinges 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Hinges as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien Hôtel de Beaulaincourt, in Béthune, 2.5 mi away.
3.6% 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 Hinges.
On this, Hinges is above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 6.2%. Hinges has 200 jobs for 1,150 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
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.
The bac pass rate near Hinges is 98.0%, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège LibertéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 85%+1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique Louis BlaringhemNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 406 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège privé de la Sainte Famille PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 134 | 98%+5 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.
The median price, €2,245/m², comes from 59 sales of houses and apartments in Hinges from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.93/m² a month, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,245/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Hinges comes above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 10% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Hinges | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 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, 157 residents of Hinges died, against 182 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 20 offenses in the graded categories in Hinges in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 28.2% of the index here.
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
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Hinges. Best known first.
MuseumMusée régional d'ethnologie de Béthune4 km southeast, in BéthuneAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Chocques4.7 km southwest, in ChocquesFortFortTour Saint-Ignace4.5 km south, in BéthuneFortFortEnceinte de Béthune4.4 km south, in BéthuneMuseumMuseumLab Labanque4.6 km south, in BéthunePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Hinges is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Hinges.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Hinges has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 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 B+, better than 72% of compared French towns. 98% of 406 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Louis Blaringhem in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,245/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Hinges grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Hinges is a commune of 2,485 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 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.