Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
9,743 people live in this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
A tough set of grades. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,432/m² takes 4.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A−): 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes a D, good for #88 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Set against the rest, it does better than just over a tenth of compared French towns. It lags on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% 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.
Each subject compares Montigny-en-Gohelle 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 2 things Montigny-en-Gohelle does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montigny-en-Gohelle 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, 1 mi away.
3.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Montigny-en-Gohelle 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 Montigny-en-Gohelle.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Montigny-en-Gohelle can choose among 3 GPs. 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. From 2016 to 2025, 967 residents of Montigny-en-Gohelle died, against 775 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Half of residents lived on more than €20,660 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Montigny-en-Gohelle didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 6.6% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of the graded crimes in Montigny-en-Gohelle, criminal damage came up most often (2025). All told, Montigny-en-Gohelle had 292 recorded offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 10.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 17.3.
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, 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #97 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Youri GagarineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 72 | 97%+9 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis PasteurNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 172 | 92%−3 pts |
| Collège Claude DebussyBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 96 | 93%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
18% of adults hold a degree, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 13% of residents. The middle age in Montigny-en-Gohelle is 38.1.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Montigny-en-Gohelle | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 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 in Montigny-en-Gohelle goes for €1,526/m², an apartment for €1,345/m². The estimated advertised rent is €10.89/m² a month, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 78% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,526/m² | 202 |
| Apartments | €1,345/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and other places to visit in and near Montigny-en-Gohelle. Best known first.
6 notable people were born in Montigny-en-Gohelle.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Montigny-en-Gohelle is a commune of 9,743 people in the Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montigny-en-Gohelle | 9,743 | — | D | B− | C | D |
| Fouquières-lès-Lens | 6,087 | 1.1 | D | C+ | C | D− |
| Billy-Montigny | 7,937 | 1.2 | D− | B− | D− | D |
| Hénin-Beaumont | 25,688 | 1.3 | D− | C+ | D− | D− |
| Harnes | 12,247 | 1.8 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Courrières | 10,176 | 1.9 | D | C | C− | D |
| Noyelles-sous-Lens | 6,854 | 2.2 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #68 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 109 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #97 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 92% of 172 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louis Pasteur in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montigny-en-Gohelle 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 9, 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.