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With 1,317 residents, it is a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
A 70 m² home at the median €1,901/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: one in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median sale price is €1,901/m².
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, 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). Mont-Bernanchon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Mont-Bernanchon 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.
Mont-Bernanchon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Mont-Bernanchon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mont-Bernanchon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien Hôtel de Beaulaincourt, in Béthune, 4.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Mont-Bernanchon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mont-Bernanchon.
Mont-Bernanchon holds 100 jobs; 600 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €27,310 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 3.9% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Mont-Bernanchon records 101 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 88 residents of Mont-Bernanchon died, against 87 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. 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 is one general practitioner 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Children under 15 make up 17%, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and close to compared French towns (17%). 29% of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Mont-Bernanchon | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €8.23/m² a month. Sales in Mont-Bernanchon from July 2023 to June 2026: 34 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,901/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Mont-Bernanchon.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Mont-Bernanchon is a commune of 1,317 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Bernanchon | 1,317 | — | — | B− | — | C− |
| Gonnehem | 2,525 | 2.2 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Saint-Venant | 2,999 | 3.2 | B− | B | C+ | D− |
| Chocques | 2,785 | 3.6 | — | B | — | D− |
| Annezin | 5,825 | 3.9 | C | B− | C+ | D− |
| Merville Nord | 9,808 | 4.1 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Lestrem | 5,009 | 4.2 | B+ | B− | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mont-Bernanchon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mont-Bernanchon grades B− for cost of living.
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 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.