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Monchy-CayeuxPas-de-Calais

In Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, this town has 285 residents.

Is Monchy-Cayeux a good place to live?

Monchy-Cayeux is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Monchy-Cayeux’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Monchy-Cayeux’s story

No historic monuments in Monchy-Cayeux

The Culture ministry lists no building in Monchy-Cayeux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Flochel, in Ligny-Saint-Flochel, 8.3 mi away.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Monchy-Cayeux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

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Who lives here

Older residents shape Monchy-Cayeux: 26% are 65 or over, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns

46.8median age

Among adults, 21% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 16%, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 10% of residents.

Monchy-CayeuxPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Monchy-Cayeux
Monchy-CayeuxPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1516%18%17%
15–2410%12%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+26%20%22%
No diploma21%24%19%
CAP or BEP28%27%26%
Baccalauréat24%19%18%
Higher education21%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Monchy-Cayeux has lower unemployment than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 7.7%

13%walk, cycle or take transit

Half of residents lived on more than €22,280 a year per consumption unit, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Monchy-Cayeux counts 0.4 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers). 2.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
On foot7%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Monchy-Cayeux, 0.4 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point above the expected rate

91.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.4 mi off. The nearest collège is 2.8 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Monchy-Cayeux91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollègeCollège4491%+1 pt
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +1 pt against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Monchy-Cayeux than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or across compared French towns: €9.54/m² a month

€9.54/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €7.02/m² a month. Monchy-Cayeux recorded 6 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Monchy-Cayeux€9.54/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€11.26/m²
€9.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.94 to €11.47/m² a month)
€7.02/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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Everything we know about Monchy-Cayeux

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Famous people from Monchy-Cayeux

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About Monchy-Cayeux

Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Monchy-Cayeux is a commune of 285 people in the Communauté de communes du Ternois. 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

Population
285 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Ternois
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.4 sq mi (6.3 km²)
INSEE code
62581

Monchy-Cayeux’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pas-de-Calais →
Saint-Pol-sur-TernoiseCauchy-à-la-TourAuchelCalonne-RicouartDivionBurbureSaint-Pol-sur-TernoiseCauchy-à-la-TourAuchelCalonne-RicouartDivionBurbureMonchy-Cayeux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Monchy-Cayeux285—————
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise4,6774.4B−B+D−B+
Cauchy-à-la-Tour2,5938.9B−BA−D−
Auchel10,0519.8CB+C−D−
Calonne-Ricouart5,3699.9CB+C+D−
Divion6,76610DBDD−
Burbure2,83411BB+AD−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.