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In Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, this town has 3,691 residents.
Meurchin’s weakest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The town grades C overall, better than just over a third of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #44 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Incomes are on the low side (D−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 11.5% unemployment. Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,746/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. Fewer journeys need a car (A−): 89% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
The 2 things Meurchin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Meurchin 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 Meurchin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Carvin, 3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Meurchin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Meurchin can choose among 2 GPs. Average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 336 residents of Meurchin died, against 263 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% more.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Half of residents lived on more than €24,130 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) but below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 11.5%. At the census, 2.0% of working residents in Meurchin didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Meurchin. Over 2025, Meurchin logged 56 recorded offenses.
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 other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 11.6% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
116 sales of houses and apartments in Meurchin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,746/m². Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.28/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.84/m² a month, close to both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,737/m² | 115 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
26% of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 13% of residents, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Under-15s account for 18% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Meurchin | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Meurchin, 93.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #51 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léon BlumNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 85%+3 pts |
| Lycée VoltaireNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 308 | 98%+2 pts |
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 88%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Meurchin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Meurchin as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meurchin | 3,691 | — | C | C | A− | D− |
| Bauvin Nord | 5,249 | 1.3 | C | C+ | B− | D |
| Pont-à-Vendin | 3,062 | 1.4 | C− | C+ | B− | D− |
| Provin Nord | 4,428 | 1.5 | C | C | B− | D− |
| Wingles | 8,720 | 1.7 | D− | C | C− | D− |
| Billy-Berclau | 5,093 | 1.9 | B | C | A− | D− |
| Annay | 4,571 | 2.3 | D | C | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #14 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #51 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 98% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Voltaire in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,746/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Meurchin grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Meurchin is a commune of 3,691 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.