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3,342 residents make their home in this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France. Over-65s are 34% of the population.
Homes are dear (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade comes out at D, #102 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Set against the rest, it does better than 5% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Merlimont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Merlimont 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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The Culture ministry lists no building in Merlimont as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, 4.4 mi away.
2.9% 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 Merlimont.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.49/m² a month, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. A house in Merlimont goes for €3,468/m², an apartment for €4,200/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.78/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,468/m² | 266 |
| Apartments | €4,200/m² | 195 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
355 deaths in Merlimont between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 334: 6% above. In Pas-de-Calais, women can expect to live 83.5 years and men 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 8 general practitioners in the town.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
The 15-to-24 age group: 7.4%, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The share of residents under 15 is 13%. Degrees are held by 32% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Merlimont | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.0% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 10.3%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%). For its 1,250 residents in work, Merlimont has 750 jobs: 0.6 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 7.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.5 (2023–2025 average). Merlimont’s tally for 2025: 72 recorded offenses. Also worth knowing: 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 · Small counts of other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 5.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit and family days out in and near Merlimont. Best known first.
Theme parkParc Bagatelle3.1 km south, in Berck
AttractionTriops3.2 km south, in Berck
AttractionRaft3.4 km south, in BerckPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Merlimont 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 Merlimont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merlimont | 3,342 | — | D | D | C+ | D |
| Cucq | 5,129 | 2 | B− | D | B+ | D |
| Rang-du-Fliers | 4,297 | 2.9 | D | C | C | D− |
| Berck | 12,951 | 3.6 | D− | C− | D− | D |
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage | 4,224 | 4.2 | C+ | D− | D− | C+ |
| Verton | 2,571 | 4.3 | — | C | — | C |
| Étaples | 10,710 | 4.6 | C | C− | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #50 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Merlimont grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Merlimont is a commune of 3,342 people in the Communauté d'agglomération des Deux Baies en Montreuillois. 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.