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With 947 residents, it is a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Louches has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Few residents are of retirement age: 16% are 65 or over.
The one thing Louches does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Louches as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Silos à blé dénommés Les Poires, in Ardres, 2 mi away.
17% 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 Louches.
Degrees are held by 26% of adults, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15. People aged 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Louches | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,370 a year per consumption unit. 100 jobs are based in Louches, for 400 working residents (0.2 per worker). The unemployment rate comes to 12.2%.
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.
A collège lies 2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de l'EuropeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 95%+1 pt |
| Collège Notre-Dame de Grâce PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 90 | 99%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.69/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 23 homes in Louches.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Family days out and heritage in and near Louches. Best known first.
Nothing in Louches 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 Louches yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Louches is a commune of 947 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale. 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) · 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.