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A town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, home to 6,854 people.
Several subjects drag its grade down. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest subject is walkability: 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,438/m², so 70 m² costs 4.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. Put together, the subjects come to a D− overall, ranking #109 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. It comes out better than 4% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Noyelles-sous-Lens 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.
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The 2 things Noyelles-sous-Lens does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Noyelles-sous-Lens as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Hénin-Beaumont, 3 mi away.
2.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Noyelles-sous-Lens 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-sous-Lens.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Noyelles-sous-Lens. At birth, a girl in Pas-de-Calais can expect 83.5 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 931 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 667: 40% above.
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.
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Noyelles-sous-Lens (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 19.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 11.2 (2023–2025 average). In all, 203 offenses reached the police record in the town in 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 armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
17.7% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 8.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #103 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre BrossoletteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 86 | 90%+9 pts |
| Lycée CondorcetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 216 | 94%+1 pt |
| Collège MicheletBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 90 | 86%+16 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children are nearly a fifth of the town. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Noyelles-sous-Lens in two is 40.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Noyelles-sous-Lens | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,438/m², comes from 147 sales of houses and apartments in Noyelles-sous-Lens from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.79/m² a month, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €9.16/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,415/m² | 136 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Noyelles-sous-Lens. Best known first.
2 notable people were born in Noyelles-sous-Lens.
Edita Piekha: Leo Medvedev/Лев Леонидович Медведев, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Noyelles-sous-Lens is a commune of 6,854 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. 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-sous-Lens | 6,854 | — | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Sallaumines | 9,414 | 0.8 | D− | C+ | D | D− |
| Fouquières-lès-Lens | 6,087 | 1.1 | D | C+ | C | D− |
| Loison-sous-Lens | 5,169 | 1.5 | D− | C+ | D− | D− |
| Méricourt | 11,619 | 1.5 | D− | C+ | C− | D |
| Billy-Montigny | 7,937 | 1.6 | D− | B− | D− | D |
| Harnes | 12,247 | 1.7 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #86 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 36 burglaries and 56 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #103 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 94% of 216 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Condorcet in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,438/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Noyelles-sous-Lens grades C+ 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.