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It is a town of 5,780 residents in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
The picture is mixed. Oye-Plage’s overall grade is C+, better than just over a third of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #43 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,025/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq. Where it does best is safety (A−) — an average of 8.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for schools and C+ for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Oye-Plage does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Oye-Plage 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Oye-Plage as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vestiges anciens de la ville, in Gravelines, 3.9 mi away.
4.3% 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 Oye-Plage.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Oye-Plage has 2 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Oye-Plage is Centre hospitalier de Calais, 7.3 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 431 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 595, 38% more. 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.
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.
All told, Oye-Plage had 103 recorded offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were family violence than anything else (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 · When vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (7.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
9.8% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%). Median disposable income comes to €25,870 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.0% of working residents in Oye-Plage went to work by public transport.
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.
General-bac pupils go 7.4 mi to the nearest lycée. Its schools’ results rank #93 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les ArgousiersNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 86%−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.
The median price, €2,025/m², comes from 168 sales of houses and apartments in Oye-Plage from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.91/m² a month, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 95% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,022/m² | 160 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 28% of adults. Children under 15 make up 19%, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Oye-Plage: 42, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Oye-Plage | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Oye-Plage is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Oye-Plage.
Paul Machy: Le Nord Maritime, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oye-Plage | 5,780 | — | C+ | B− | A− | D |
| Grand-Fort-Philippe Nord | 4,887 | 3 | C+ | B− | B | D− |
| Gravelines Nord | 11,430 | 3.9 | C+ | C | C | D |
| Marck | 10,467 | 4.8 | C | C− | A− | C− |
| Audruicq | 5,309 | 7.1 | B | B+ | B | D |
| Bourbourg Nord | 6,931 | 7.2 | C+ | B− | C | D− |
| Loon-Plage Nord | 5,952 | 7.7 | C | B− | B+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #12 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 42% of compared French towns and #93 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 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 €2,025/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Oye-Plage grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Oye-Plage is a commune of 5,780 people in the Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq. 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) · 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 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.
