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It is a town of 1,040 residents in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Izel-lès-Équerchin’s strongest subject is schools: bac results 6 points above the expected rate; brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Most journeys need a car (D). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for cost of living and B for jobs & income. It also trails on health (C−).
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Izel-lès-Équerchin 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 Izel-lès-Équerchin 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.
Izel-lès-Équerchin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Izel-lès-Équerchin does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Izel-lès-Équerchin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Hénin-Beaumont, 4.1 mi away.
1.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Izel-lès-Équerchin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Izel-lès-Équerchin.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pablo NérudaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 96%+5 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Henri SenezNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 309 | 88%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Households’ median disposable income: €28,410 a year per consumption unit. Izel-lès-Équerchin has 100 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Also worth knowing: 5.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Izel-lès-Équerchin records 100 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 85 residents of Izel-lès-Équerchin died, about as many as the 85 expected from France’s death rates at each age. 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €10.32/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 16 homes in Izel-lès-Équerchin.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 13%. Children under 15 make up 16%, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Izel-lès-Équerchin: 45.2, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Izel-lès-Équerchin | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Izel-lès-Équerchin yet.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Izel-lès-Équerchin is a commune of 1,040 people in the Communauté de communes Osartis Marquion. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Izel-lès-Équerchin | 1,040 | — | — | B | — | C− |
| Drocourt | 2,939 | 2.3 | C+ | C+ | B− | A− |
| Vitry-en-Artois | 4,849 | 2.9 | B+ | B | B | C− |
| Rouvroy | 8,552 | 3.2 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Biache-Saint-Vaast | 4,568 | 3.4 | B+ | B+ | B+ | D− |
| Brebières | 5,283 | 3.6 | B− | B | C | D |
| Hénin-Beaumont | 25,688 | 3.8 | D− | C+ | D− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Izel-lès-Équerchin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 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 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 9, 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.