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This town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France has a population of 1,409.
Schools are its strong suit — brevet results 3.8 points above the expected rate. Households here earn well (A−): 0.1 jobs per working resident; 4.0% unemployment. Cost of living is its weak spot (C−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Neuve-Chapelle 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 2 things Neuve-Chapelle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Neuve-Chapelle 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.
Neuve-Chapelle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Neuve-Chapelle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Amé, in Lestrem, 5 mi away.
2.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Neuve-Chapelle.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.9 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 5.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Pays de l'AlloeuNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 154 | 94%+2 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 67 | 100%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €30,640 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 4.6% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
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.
For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.72/m² a month. The market in Neuve-Chapelle: 30 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.42/m² a month, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,464/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 15% of residents are 65 or older. Typical age in Neuve-Chapelle: 44.2, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Neuve-Chapelle | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Neuve-Chapelle is Centre hospitalier Germon et Gauthier Bethune Beuvry, 6.8 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 66 residents of Neuve-Chapelle died, against 74 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. 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.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Neuve-Chapelle. Best known first.
Nothing in Neuve-Chapelle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Neuve-Chapelle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuve-Chapelle | 1,409 | — | — | C− | — | B− |
| Richebourg | 2,687 | 1.6 | B | C | A− | C |
| Laventie | 5,044 | 2.6 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
| Violaines | 3,839 | 3.1 | B+ | C | A | D− |
| La Couture | 2,590 | 3.5 | — | C | — | C |
| La Bassée Nord | 6,650 | 3.6 | C− | C+ | C− | D |
| Salomé Nord | 3,182 | 4.3 | B− | C+ | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Neuve-Chapelle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Neuve-Chapelle grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Neuve-Chapelle is a commune of 1,409 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
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.