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QuiestèdePas-de-Calais

A town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, home to 663 people.

Is Quiestède a good place to live?

Quiestède has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Château de Laprée
Château de Laprée · Inscrit · Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quiestède’s story

Quiestède in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Quiestède, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1986.

  • 1986First protected: Château de Laprée
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Quiestède.

Who lives here

Few people in Quiestède are 15 to 24: 9%, fewer than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns

18% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 29% of adults, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and near compared French towns (30%). Residents of Quiestède have a median age of 43.4.

43.4median age
QuiestèdePas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Quiestède
QuiestèdePas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1518%18%17%
15–249%12%11%
25–4424%24%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+18%20%22%
No diploma15%24%19%
CAP or BEP25%27%26%
Baccalauréat25%19%18%
Higher education29%22%30%

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

History

Quiestède has 1 historic monument, none of them classé

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its oldest listed monument dates from the 17th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 9%.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
17th c.
oldest protected part
1986
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Quiestède are out of work than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or across compared French towns: 4.7%

Quiestède holds 50 jobs; 300 of its residents are in work, so 0.1 jobs each. 4.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,060 a year.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Quiestède, 0.1 per working resident
4.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,060
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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Quiestède is €10.70/m² a month

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

Quiestède recorded 22 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.53/m² a month.

€10.70/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Quiestède€10.70/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€11.26/m²
€10.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.87 to €12.90/m² a month)
€8.53/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 Quiestède

12pages on Quiestède

Landmarks

Quiestède has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château de Laprée: Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Quiestède

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

How we find them →

Quiestède’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 →
BlendecquesAire-sur-la-LysArquesWizernesLonguenesseSaint-OmerBlendecquesAire-sur-la-LysArquesWizernesLonguenesseSaint-OmerQuiestède
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Quiestède663—————
Blendecques4,8593.4C+B−B−D
Aire-sur-la-Lys9,5984C+B+C−D
Arques9,4314.1C−B−C−D−
Wizernes3,3214.8BB−AD−
Longuenesse10,5485.1C−C+DD
Saint-Omer14,3825.9C−B−D−D

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

About Quiestède

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

Quiestède is a commune of 663 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer. 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
663 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
1.1 sq mi (2.9 km²)
INSEE code
62681

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 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.