Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France has a population of 5,217.
Marquise’s grades pull in different directions. Health is its weak spot (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. With a C+ overall, Marquise sits #31 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. On that grade it does better than 44% of compared French towns. School results are strong (A+): bac results 13 points above the expected rate; brevet results 6.7 points above the expected rate. At the median price of €1,906/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Marquise does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marquise 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Marquise as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Fort Vauban dit Fort Mahon, in Ambleteuse, 4.8 mi away.
12% 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 Marquise.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 6.6 mi to the nearest lycée. Its collèges and lycées rank #4 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 98%+6 pts |
| Lycée professionnel des Deux CapsNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 48 | 98%+13 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Martin PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 82 | 99%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
607 deaths in Marquise between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 435: 40% above. The nearest emergency department to Marquise is Centre hospitalier Duchenne de Boulogne Sur Mer, 7.3 mi away. This Pas-de-Calais town has 8 family doctors. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Jobs based in Marquise number 2,250, against 2,150 residents in work (1 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,400 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 12.1%, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
175 sales of houses and apartments in Marquise, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,906/m². Among the homes sold, 91% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 175 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,854/m² | 159 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
26% of adults hold a degree, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) but below compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 20% of the town. Half the people of Marquise are older than 41.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Marquise | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 11.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.5. 2025 saw 131 offenses recorded in Marquise. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 · For vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 2.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Marquise is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Marquise.
Didier Manier: VBURETTE, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquise | 5,217 | — | C+ | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Rinxent | 2,987 | 1.6 | — | B− | — | D |
| Wimereux | 6,256 | 4.9 | B | D− | A− | D |
| Wimille | 3,866 | 5.4 | C | C− | B− | D− |
| Saint-Martin-Boulogne | 10,888 | 7.1 | C | C | C− | C− |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | 40,539 | 7.6 | C− | C+ | D− | D |
| Guînes | 5,479 | 8.2 | C+ | B− | C | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #46 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 46 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns and #4 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 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 €1,906/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.00/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Marquise grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Marquise is a commune of 5,217 people in the Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps. 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.
