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Some 1,039 people live in this town, in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Marquion’s strongest is walkability (A−): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is its weak spot (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for cost of living, C+ for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Marquion 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 Marquion 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.
Marquion 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 Marquion as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit La Pierre du Diable ou La Borne des Pierres, in Lécluse, 4.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marquion.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,070 a year per consumption unit. Marquion has 500 jobs for 450 working residents, 1.1 per worker. No commute at all: 6.1% of working residents locally at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. Adjusted for age and care homes, Marquion records 96 deaths per 100 expected, lower than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) yet higher than compared French towns (88). 80 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 84: 4% below. The nearest emergency department to Marquion is Etablissement Public de Sante de Cambrai, 7 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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des Marches de l'ArtoisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 95 | 82%−5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 53 | 96%+4 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.
Marquion recorded 27 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.32/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
26% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 16%, lower than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and near compared French towns (17%). At 42.7, the median resident of Marquion sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Marquion | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Marquion 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 Marquion yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquion | 1,039 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Arleux Nord | 3,125 | 4.9 | C | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy Nord | 4,012 | 6.1 | B | A− | B− | C+ |
| Proville Nord | 3,206 | 6.3 | B+ | B+ | A− | C− |
| Cambrai Nord | 31,134 | 7.3 | C− | B | D | D |
| Escaudœuvres Nord | 3,171 | 8.1 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
| Masnières Nord | 2,689 | 8.6 | B+ | A− | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Marquion has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 10.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Marquion is a commune of 1,039 people in the Communauté de communes Osartis Marquion. 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.