Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Over-65s are only 13% of the population. A town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, home to 3,062 people.
Pont-à-Vendin’s weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 15.6% unemployment. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A−): 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,462/m² takes 4.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. The overall grade comes out at C−, #66 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Set against the rest, it does better than just over a fifth of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B for schools.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Pont-à-Vendin 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 3 things Pont-à-Vendin does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pont-à-Vendin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Carvin, 3.6 mi away.
4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Pont-à-Vendin 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 Pont-à-Vendin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 163 deaths in Pont-à-Vendin from 2016 to 2025; there were 210, 28% more. Average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
19% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: 13% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Pont-à-Vendin | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 8.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. After tax and benefits, the median income is €21,960 a year per consumption unit.
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.
A collège lies 1.1 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #65 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Bracke DesrousseauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 142 | 78%−6 pts |
| Lycée VoltaireNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 308 | 98%+2 pts |
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 88%+6 pts |
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 estimated advertised rent is €10.91/m² a month, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Pont-à-Vendin: 100 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €9.16/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,462/m² | 100 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 79 offenses in Pont-à-Vendin. Violence against people averaged 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12.7. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 sexual violence, 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, 8.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Pont-à-Vendin. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Pont-à-Vendin as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Pont-à-Vendin is a commune of 3,062 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-à-Vendin | 3,062 | — | C− | C+ | B− | D− |
| Annay | 4,571 | 0.9 | D | C | B− | D |
| Vendin-le-Vieil | 8,536 | 1.3 | D | C | C− | D |
| Meurchin | 3,691 | 1.4 | C | C | A− | D− |
| Wingles | 8,720 | 1.9 | D− | C | C− | D− |
| Harnes | 12,247 | 2 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Loison-sous-Lens | 5,169 | 2.6 | D− | C+ | D− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #37 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #65 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 98% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Voltaire in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pont-à-Vendin 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 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.