Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2,590 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Most journeys need a car (C−): 41% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents’ health trails most towns (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,206/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. La Couture has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing La Couture does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Couture 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.
La Couture has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Couture as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Amé, in Lestrem, 3.1 mi away.
4.1% 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 La Couture.
La Couture holds 350 jobs; 1,200 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. Unemployment runs at 7.5%. 5.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
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.
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. Weighed against its ages and care homes, La Couture records 96 deaths per 100 expected. 228 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 207: 10% above.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. 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.
56 sales of houses and apartments in La Couture, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,206/m². 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). From July 2023 to June 2026, 56 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,222/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 17%, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and close to compared French towns (17%). 9.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Typical age in La Couture: 45.3, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| La Couture | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in La Couture is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in La Couture.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Couture | 2,590 | — | — | C | — | C |
| Richebourg | 2,687 | 1.9 | B | C | A− | C |
| Lestrem | 5,009 | 2.6 | B+ | B− | A | C− |
| Beuvry | 9,189 | 3.9 | D | B− | C− | D− |
| La Gorgue Nord | 5,616 | 4 | B− | B | B+ | C− |
| Laventie | 5,044 | 4.3 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
| Béthune | 25,224 | 4.6 | D | C+ | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Couture has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 3.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,206/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Couture grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
La Couture is a commune of 2,590 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.