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2,273 people call this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France home.
Where it does best is schools — brevet results 7.7 points above the expected rate. It is a safe place by the numbers (B+): an average of 7 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,803/m² takes 5.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 13.1% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Noyelles-lès-Vermelles 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 Noyelles-lès-Vermelles 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.
Noyelles-lès-Vermelles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Noyelles-lès-Vermelles does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Noyelles-lès-Vermelles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien site minier de la fosse 11-19 de la Compagnie des Mines de Lens, in Loos-en-Gohelle, 4.1 mi away.
3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Noyelles-lès-Vermelles 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 Noyelles-lès-Vermelles.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. 208 deaths in Noyelles-lès-Vermelles between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 153: 36% above. The nearest emergency department to Noyelles-lès-Vermelles is Centre hospitalier Germon et Gauthier Bethune Beuvry, 3.1 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.2 mi away. The closest collège is 0.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ÉluardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 79%+3 pts |
| Collège Langevin-WallonBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 86%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). Ages in Noyelles-lès-Vermelles split evenly at 39.7: half are older, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Noyelles-lès-Vermelles | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
The 2025 count: 40 offenses in Noyelles-lès-Vermelles. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Noyelles-lès-Vermelles (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 · Small counts of sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 21.8% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
13.1% of the labour force were unemployed, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,860 a year. Bus, tram or train carried 3.0% of working residents in Noyelles-lès-Vermelles 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.
Behind the median of €1,803/m²: 31 houses and apartments sold in Noyelles-lès-Vermelles between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,803/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Noyelles-lès-Vermelles yet.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Noyelles-lès-Vermelles is a commune of 2,273 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noyelles-lès-Vermelles | 2,273 | — | — | B− | B+ | D− |
| Vermelles | 4,729 | 0.7 | C | B− | C+ | C− |
| Mazingarbe | 8,217 | 1.5 | D | C+ | C− | D− |
| Labourse | 2,858 | 2.2 | — | B− | — | D− |
| Grenay | 6,644 | 2.8 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Nœux-les-Mines | 11,590 | 2.8 | D | B− | D | D |
| Auchy-les-Mines | 4,625 | 2.9 | C− | C+ | C+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,803/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Noyelles-lès-Vermelles 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.