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1,070 people call this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France home.
Maresquel-Ecquemicourt’s strongest subject is schools (A+) — brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. The weak point is jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 14.0% unemployment. Cost of living is weaker too (C−) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 42% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Maresquel-Ecquemicourt 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 Maresquel-Ecquemicourt 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.
Maresquel-Ecquemicourt 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 Maresquel-Ecquemicourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Hesdin-la-Forêt, 5.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Maresquel-Ecquemicourt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maresquel-Ecquemicourt.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BelremNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 96%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €23,420 a year per consumption unit, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 14.0%. No commute at all: 3.9% of working residents in Maresquel-Ecquemicourt at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Maresquel-Ecquemicourt recorded 29 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 111 deaths in Maresquel-Ecquemicourt from 2016 to 2025; there were 107, 4% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Maresquel-Ecquemicourt come to 96 per 100 predicted. The nearest emergency department to Maresquel-Ecquemicourt is Centre hospitalier de L Arrondissement de Montreuil, 11.9 mi away. Life expectancy in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025); France averages 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 10% of the town. Children are 17% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Maresquel-Ecquemicourt | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Maresquel-Ecquemicourt. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Maresquel-Ecquemicourt yet.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Maresquel-Ecquemicourt is a commune of 1,070 people in the Communauté de communes des 7 Vallées. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maresquel-Ecquemicourt | 1,070 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt | 4,480 | 5.1 | C | B+ | D− | A− |
| Verton | 2,571 | 13 | — | C | — | C |
| Rang-du-Fliers | 4,297 | 13 | D | C | C | D− |
| Auxi-le-Château | 2,547 | 14 | C+ | A− | C− | C |
| Rue Somme | 2,987 | 15 | C+ | C+ | B | B− |
| Merlimont | 3,342 | 15 | D | D | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Maresquel-Ecquemicourt 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 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.