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493 residents make their home in this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Ouve-Wirquin has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ouve-Wirquin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Omer, in Merck-Saint-Liévin, 2.5 mi away.
19% 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 Ouve-Wirquin.
Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) but below compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Ouve-Wirquin by age and the one in the middle is 40.4. Over-65s are 20% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Ouve-Wirquin | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
4.0% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Ouve-Wirquin holds 50 jobs; 200 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. Also worth knowing: the median disposable income was €23,610 a year per consumption unit, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
The market in Ouve-Wirquin: 27 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 Ouve-Wirquin 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 Ouve-Wirquin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ouve-Wirquin | 493 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lumbres | 3,579 | 3.8 | A− | A− | B+ | D |
| Wizernes | 3,321 | 5.5 | B | B− | A | D− |
| Blendecques | 4,859 | 7.1 | C+ | B− | B− | D |
| Longuenesse | 10,548 | 7.6 | C− | C+ | D | D |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem | 5,843 | 7.7 | A− | C+ | A− | C+ |
| Saint-Omer | 14,382 | 8.4 | C− | B− | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Ouve-Wirquin is a commune of 493 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Lumbres. 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 8, 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.