A tough set of grades. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is walkability — 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,442/m² takes 4.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. The overall grade comes out at D, #100 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. On that grade it does better than 5% of compared French towns.
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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Mazingarbe 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.
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Hôtel de ville, ancien château Mercier et habitation du directeur de la compagnie des mines de Béthune · Insc… · Photo: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mazingarbe’s story
Mazingarbe in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Mazingarbe, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1977.
1977First protected: Chapelle Saint-Hubert
2009Most recently protected: Hôtel de ville, ancien château Mercier et habitation du dir…
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mazingarbe.
HealthHealth D−
Mazingarbe loses more people than its age profile suggests, 138 per 100 expected, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Pas-de-Calais live to 83.5 on average and men to 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 890 residents of Mazingarbe died, against 559 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 59% more. 5 GPs practise in the town.
+38%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw159
Adjusted138
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Mazingarbe · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Germon et Gauthier Bethune Beuvry
4.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Germon et Gauthier Bethune Beuvry
83.5 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pas-de-Calais, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A town of families: 23% of people in Mazingarbe are under 15, more than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns and across compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 14% of residents are 65 or older. Line up the people of Mazingarbe by age and the one in the middle is 35.8.
35.8median age
MazingarbePas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Crime per resident in Mazingarbe runs higher than in 76% of compared French towns
Violence against people ran at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.8 (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 183 offenses recorded in Mazingarbe. More of the graded crimes in the town were family violence than anything else (2025).
11.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence58
Criminal damage52
Burglary20
Theft from vehicles18
Other physical violence15
Sexual violence12
Vehicle theft8
Fraud42
Theft without violence14
Drug use11
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.
11.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
183
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Mazingarbe has 3 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.6% of the total, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (4.2%) and near compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Homes in Mazingarbe cost less than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,442/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.85/m² a month, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house in Mazingarbe goes for €1,475/m², an apartment for €1,392/m². Houses were 84% of what sold.
€1,442/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mazingarbe€1,442/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€1,668/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,475/m²
177
Apartments
€1,392/m²
34
€10.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.01 to €13.05/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€21,190
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
More people in Mazingarbe are out of work than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or across compared French towns: 19.7%
The median disposable income is €20,570 a year per consumption unit. 6.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Mazingarbe didn’t travel to work at all.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,450
jobs based in Mazingarbe, 0.5 per working resident
19.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 56% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mazingarbe
Is Mazingarbe safe?
It grades C− for safety, #70 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 52 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mazingarbe good?
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns and #85 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 98% of 134 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Léo Lagrange in 2025, 5 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mazingarbe expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mazingarbe grades C+ for cost of living.
About Mazingarbe
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Mazingarbe is a commune of 8,217 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. 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
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.
