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The town has 1,651 residents and lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Where it does best is jobs & income: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. Schools are a strength too — bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results 2.5 points above the expected rate. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too: 6% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Lorgies 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 Lorgies 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.
Lorgies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lorgies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Amé, in Lestrem, 6.1 mi away.
1.9% 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 Lorgies.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €12.42/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²). Sales in Lorgies from July 2023 to June 2026: 31 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €10.72/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,365/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 7.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 5.6%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
91.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Lorgies, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 6 mi away. A collège lies 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert SchweitzerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 184 | 85%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel BoillyNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 103 | 87%−1 pt |
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 178 | 99%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Under-15s account for 19% of the population. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Lorgies has a median age of 43.4.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Lorgies | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Lorgies is Centre hospitalier Germon et Gauthier Bethune Beuvry, 6.5 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 97 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 78, 19% fewer. 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.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Lorgies. Best known first.
Nothing in Lorgies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Lorgies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorgies | 1,651 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Violaines | 3,839 | 1.9 | B+ | C | A | D− |
| Richebourg | 2,687 | 2.3 | B | C | A− | C |
| La Bassée Nord | 6,650 | 2.3 | C− | C+ | C− | D |
| Salomé Nord | 3,182 | 3 | B− | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Laventie | 5,044 | 3.9 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
| Auchy-les-Mines | 4,625 | 3.9 | C− | C+ | C+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lorgies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lorgies grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Lorgies is a commune of 1,651 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 October 30, 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.