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The town has 1,095 residents and lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,026/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais. It also trails on jobs & income (D): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too (C−) — 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Nesles 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.
The one thing Nesles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nesles 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.
Nesles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Nesles, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.
4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nesles.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 72 deaths in Nesles from 2016 to 2025; there were 91, 26% more. The nearest emergency department to Nesles is Centre hospitalier Duchenne de Boulogne Sur Mer, 6.7 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Median disposable income comes to €24,100 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 11.0%, lower than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 2.0% of working residents in Nesles to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €12.71/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²). The median price, €2,026/m², comes from 36 sales of houses and apartments in Nesles from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.37/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,026/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 19% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Nesles | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. 4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (4.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Nesles has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Nesles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nesles | 1,095 | — | — | C− | — | D− |
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot | 4,115 | 1.4 | C | D− | B+ | C |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont | 5,029 | 3.6 | C+ | C | A− | C− |
| Samer | 4,704 | 4.3 | B | B− | A | D− |
| Camiers | 2,582 | 4.4 | C− | D | A− | D |
| Saint-Léonard | 3,353 | 4.6 | — | C | — | C |
| Équihen-Plage | 2,619 | 4.9 | — | C− | — | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Nesles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,026/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Nesles grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Nesles is a commune of 1,095 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais. 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.