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11,619 people call this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France home.
Méricourt grades low on several counts. Where it falls short is jobs & income — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 18.8% unemployment. With a D− overall, Méricourt is better than 2% of compared French towns and ranks #111 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. At €1,557/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. Its best grade is for walkability (B+): 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Méricourt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Méricourt 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 Méricourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Hénin-Beaumont, 3.4 mi away.
2.3% 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 Méricourt.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (203 places) count their residents as Méricourt’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% above expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 977 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,386, 42% more. 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. Also worth knowing: there are 5 general practitioners locally.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
The commonest graded crime in Méricourt was criminal damage (2025). Over 2025, Méricourt logged 329 recorded offenses. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 10 violent offenses and 20.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 armed robbery, 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, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Median disposable income comes to €20,640 a year per consumption unit. 10.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and lower than compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
The bac pass rate near Méricourt is 87.5%, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For exam results, it comes #100 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri WallonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 81%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Pablo PicassoNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 128 | 88%−3 pts |
| Collège MicheletBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 90 | 86%+16 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.
Behind the median of €1,557/m²: 223 houses and apartments sold in Méricourt between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.43/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 99% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,564/m² | 220 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Under 15: nearly a fifth of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and above compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 20% of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Méricourt | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit, museums and family days out in and near Méricourt. Best known first.
Nothing in Méricourt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Méricourt.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méricourt | 11,619 | — | D− | C+ | C− | D |
| Sallaumines | 9,414 | 1.2 | D− | C+ | D | D− |
| Rouvroy | 8,552 | 1.5 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Noyelles-sous-Lens | 6,854 | 1.5 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Billy-Montigny | 7,937 | 1.8 | D− | B− | D− | D |
| Avion | 17,435 | 1.9 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Fouquières-lès-Lens | 6,087 | 2 | D | C+ | C | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #86 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 47 burglaries and 129 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 35% of compared French towns and #100 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 €1,557/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.38/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Méricourt grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Méricourt is a commune of 11,619 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
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 October 30, 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.