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This town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France has a population of 8,650.
Isbergues’s weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (D) — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 13.0% unemployment. Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at C+, #39 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. It comes out better than 37% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Isbergues does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Isbergues 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Isbergues counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Isbergues.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Isbergues is Centre hospitalier D Hazebrouck, 8.5 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, Isbergues’ deaths ran at 110 per 100 expected, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) but above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 944 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,211, 28% more. 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.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.08/m² a month, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Isbergues from July 2023 to June 2026: 322 houses and apartments. Houses were 97% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,290/m² | 311 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,440 a year per consumption unit. 13.0% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 3.3% of Isbergues’ working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.1% of the total, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (4.2%) and close to compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 65-and-over age group makes up 25% of residents. 16% are under 15, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Isbergues are older than 46.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Isbergues | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #66 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais on results. At the general lycée, 99% of 213 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maurice PiquetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 83%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent VaubanNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 213 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Isbergues. Police and gendarmerie figures for Isbergues show 224 offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 11.6 violent offenses and 10.7 graded property crimes a year.
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 armed robbery and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Isbergues has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Isbergues.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isbergues | 8,650 | — | C+ | B+ | B− | D |
| Aire-sur-la-Lys | 9,598 | 3.2 | C+ | B+ | C− | D |
| Saint-Venant | 2,999 | 3.3 | B− | B | C+ | D− |
| Lillers | 10,193 | 3.9 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Burbure | 2,834 | 5.6 | B | B+ | A | D− |
| Morbecque Nord | 2,573 | 5.7 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Gonnehem | 2,525 | 6.1 | — | C+ | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #42 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 84 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #66 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Isbergues grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Isbergues is a commune of 8,650 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.