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Home to 1,381 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Pupils here do better than most: bac results 1.9 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3.8 points above the expected rate. Its weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Norrent-Fontes 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 Norrent-Fontes 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.
Norrent-Fontes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Norrent-Fontes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Lambert, in Lambres-lez-Aire, 1.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Norrent-Fontes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. After the care-home adjustment, Norrent-Fontes’ deaths ran at 108 per 100 expected, lower than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) yet higher than compared French towns (88). 135 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 124: 8% above. The nearest emergency department to Norrent-Fontes is Polyclinique de la Clarence, 8.5 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Just over nine in ten candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Norrent-Fontes, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The bac pro: 95% of 37 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. At the general lycée, 99% of 213 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Bernard ChochoyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 95 | 99%+11 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent VaubanNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 213 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.94/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 27 homes were sold in Norrent-Fontes.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 4.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. The median disposable income was €24,410 a year per consumption unit, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) yet lower than compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 23% have a degree. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.9%, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 16% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Norrent-Fontes | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5 cases of violence against people and 8.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Norrent-Fontes’s tally for 2025: 15 recorded offenses. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
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 family violence, other physical violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 47.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Norrent-Fontes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Norrent-Fontes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norrent-Fontes | 1,381 | — | — | C+ | — | D |
| Isbergues | 8,650 | 2.9 | C+ | B+ | B− | D |
| Aire-sur-la-Lys | 9,598 | 3.5 | C+ | B+ | C− | D |
| Lillers | 10,193 | 3.5 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Burbure | 2,834 | 4.4 | B | B+ | A | D− |
| Saint-Venant | 2,999 | 5.9 | B− | B | C+ | D− |
| Allouagne | 2,823 | 6 | — | B | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Norrent-Fontes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Norrent-Fontes is a commune of 1,381 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) · 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.