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The town has 2,257 residents and lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,743/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer. Work and incomes lag: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Racquinghem has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Racquinghem does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Racquinghem 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.
Racquinghem has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Racquinghem as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ascenseur à bateaux des Fontinettes, in Arques, 3.4 mi away.
4.8% 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 Racquinghem.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Racquinghem can choose among 3 GPs. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Racquinghem come to 115 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 170 residents of Racquinghem died, against 148 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. Women in Pas-de-Calais live to 83.5 on average and men to 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
4.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,460 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Racquinghem didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 23% of adults, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). Half of Racquinghem is older than 42.1, half younger. Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Racquinghem | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,743/m², comes from 73 sales of houses and apartments in Racquinghem from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €7.89/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.09/m² a month, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,743/m² | 73 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Racquinghem. Best known first.
Nothing in Racquinghem 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 Racquinghem 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Racquinghem | 2,257 | — | — | B− | — | D |
| Blendecques | 4,859 | 3.7 | C+ | B− | B− | D |
| Arques | 9,431 | 3.8 | C− | B− | C− | D− |
| Aire-sur-la-Lys | 9,598 | 4.2 | C+ | B+ | C− | D |
| Longuenesse | 10,548 | 5.2 | C− | C+ | D | D |
| Wizernes | 3,321 | 5.4 | B | B− | A | D− |
| Saint-Omer | 14,382 | 5.8 | C− | B− | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Racquinghem has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,743/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Racquinghem grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Racquinghem is a commune of 2,257 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
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.