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PolincovePas-de-Calais

With 867 residents, it is a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.

Is Polincove a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Polincove out for now. One in ten homes here are second homes. Just 15% of residents are 65 or older.

What makes Polincove stand out

The 2 things Polincove does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Polincove’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Polincove’s story

No historic monuments in Polincove

The Culture ministry lists no building in Polincove as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Bastion Condette aussi dénommé bastion Royal, in Ardres, 5.3 mi away.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Polincove.

Who lives here

Children make up 21% of Polincove, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns

30% of adults hold a degree, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and near compared French towns (30%). Typical age in Polincove: 39.5, the median. The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%.

39.5median age
PolincovePas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Polincove
PolincovePas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1521%18%17%
15–2411%12%11%
25–4424%24%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+15%20%22%
No diploma18%24%19%
CAP or BEP27%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education30%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Polincove has lower unemployment than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 8.9%

4.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Jobs based in Polincove number 50, against 350 residents in work (0.1 per worker). The median disposable income was €25,200 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665).

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Polincove, 0.1 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The nearest general lycée is 9.7 mi away.

90.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Polincove90.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège du BredenardeNearest collègeCollègeCollège8690%+2 pts
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Polincove is €10.91/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €8.55/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 25 homes in Polincove.

€10.91/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Polincove€10.91/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€11.26/m²
€10.91/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.39 to €14.21/m² a month)
€8.55/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Polincove

12pages on Polincove

Landmarks

Nothing in Polincove is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Polincove

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Polincove yet.

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Polincove’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pas-de-Calais →
AudruicqÉperlecquesWattenArdresBourbourgOye-PlageAudruicqÉperlecquesWattenArdresBourbourgOye-PlagePolincove
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Polincove867—————
Audruicq5,3091.9BB+BD
Éperlecques3,7374—B−—D−
Watten Nord2,5645.2B+A−A−D
Ardres4,3895.3BB−A−D−
Bourbourg Nord6,9317.5C+B−CD−
Oye-Plage5,7809C+B−A−D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Polincove

Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Polincove is a commune of 867 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

Population
867 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
1.9 sq mi (4.8 km²)
INSEE code
62662

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 October 30, 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.