Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 5,044: a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Schools do well (A): brevet results 3.8 points above the expected rate. It also does well on jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.6% unemployment. The trade-off is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, ranking #3 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. On that grade it does better than 88% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, 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) · 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.
Each subject compares Laventie 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 Laventie as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Amé, in Lestrem, 4 mi away.
4% 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 Laventie.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #10 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Pays de l'AlloeuNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 154 | 94%+2 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 67 | 100%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 9.8 violent offenses and 8.3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The police record for Laventie lists 105 offenses in 2025. In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes in the town.
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 · For armed robbery 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, 2.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
594 deaths in Laventie between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 515: 15% above. At birth, a girl in Pas-de-Calais can expect 83.5 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. There are 6 general practitioners in the town.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.88/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 182 homes were sold in Laventie. Of the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,301/m² | 176 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €27,610 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 7.6% 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
Children under 15 make up 19%, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Ages in Laventie split evenly at 43.6: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Laventie | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Laventie is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Laventie.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laventie | 5,044 | — | A | C+ | B+ | B |
| Sailly-sur-la-Lys | 3,981 | 2.4 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| La Gorgue Nord | 5,616 | 2.6 | B− | B | B+ | C− |
| Estaires Nord | 6,525 | 3.1 | C | B− | C+ | D |
| Fleurbaix | 2,947 | 3.2 | — | C− | — | A |
| Richebourg | 2,687 | 3.2 | B | C | A− | C |
| Lestrem | 5,009 | 4.2 | B+ | B− | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #31 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns and #10 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.77/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Laventie grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Laventie is a commune of 5,044 people in the Communauté de communes Flandre Lys. 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.