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A town of 2,064 in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 1.9 points above the expected rate. The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,061/m² takes 6.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et Mers. It lags on jobs & income as well (C): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.2% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Les Attaques 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 Les Attaques 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.
Les Attaques has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Attaques as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Bastion Condette aussi dénommé bastion Royal, in Ardres, 3.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Attaques.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 184 deaths in Les Attaques between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 147: 25% above. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Les Attaques is Centre hospitalier de Calais, 3.2 mi away.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Boris VianNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 145 | 87%±0 pts |
| Collège Jean MonnetBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 87 | 100%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 10.2%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,960 a year per consumption unit, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and near compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 4.6% of working residents in Les Attaques at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 19%, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 19% of residents are 65 or older. Half the people of Les Attaques are older than 42.5.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Les Attaques | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
66 sales of houses and apartments in Les Attaques, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,061/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,061/m² | 66 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.9 violent offenses and 7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Recorded offenses in Les Attaques came to 22 in 2025. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (28.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Les Attaques. Best known first.
Nothing in Les Attaques is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Attaques yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Les Attaques has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,061/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Les Attaques grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Les Attaques is a commune of 2,064 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et Mers. 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.