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Home to 1,271 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.3% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car (C−). Only just over one in ten residents are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Nordausques 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 Nordausques does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nordausques 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.
Nordausques 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 Nordausques as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Bastion Condette aussi dénommé bastion Royal, in Ardres, 5.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nordausques.
Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 26% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Nordausques | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 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 Nordausques is Centre hospitalier de la Region de Saint Omer, 10.7 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, Nordausques’ deaths ran at 111 per 100 expected, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 64 residents of Nordausques died, against 58 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. Women in Pas-de-Calais live to 83.5 on average and men to 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Unemployment stands at 9.3%. The median disposable income was €24,290 a year per consumption unit, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) yet lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 3.6% of Nordausques’ working residents had no journey 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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €8.69/m² a month. The market in Nordausques: 28 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Nordausques is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Nordausques.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordausques | 1,271 | — | — | C+ | — | D |
| Éperlecques | 3,737 | 3.5 | — | B− | — | D− |
| Audruicq | 5,309 | 4.3 | B | B+ | B | D |
| Ardres | 4,389 | 5.7 | B | B− | A− | D− |
| Watten Nord | 2,564 | 5.7 | B+ | A− | A− | D |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem | 5,843 | 7.6 | A− | C+ | A− | C+ |
| Lumbres | 3,579 | 7.8 | A− | A− | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Nordausques has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 9.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Nordausques is a commune of 1,271 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer. 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) · 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.