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4,297 residents make their home in this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Rang-du-Fliers’s overall grade of D puts it better than nearly a tenth of compared French towns, #94 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 12.3 recorded violent incidents and 14.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,278/m² takes 6.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération des Deux Baies en Montreuillois. Work and incomes are strong: 1.4 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Rang-du-Fliers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rang-du-Fliers 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 Rang-du-Fliers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Saulve, in Montreuil-sur-Mer, 6.6 mi away.
3.3% 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 Rang-du-Fliers.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Rang-du-Fliers records 116 deaths per 100 expected. 462 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 397: 16% above. At birth, a girl in Pas-de-Calais can expect 83.5 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. There are 8 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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Police and gendarmerie figures for Rang-du-Fliers show 126 offenses in 2025. This Pas-de-Calais town has 2,450 jobs for 1,700 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime locally 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 theft from vehicles, 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, 1.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 99% of what sold. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 174 homes in Rang-du-Fliers. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.82/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,278/m² | 173 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 25% of adults. 27% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Rang-du-Fliers | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 9.7%. Nearly one in ten 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.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, museums and family days out in and near Rang-du-Fliers. Best known first.
Theme parkParc Bagatelle2.4 km northwest, in Berck
AttractionTriops2.5 km northwest, in Berck
MuseumMusée d'Opale Sud4.8 km west, in Berck
AttractionRaft2.3 km west, in BerckMuseumMuseumMusée de Berck-sur-Mer4.8 km west, in BerckPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Rang-du-Fliers is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Rang-du-Fliers.
Micheline Ostermeyer: Noske, J.D. / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Martine Andernach: Hanneke Heinemann, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rang-du-Fliers | 4,297 | — | D | C | C | D− |
| Verton | 2,571 | 1.5 | — | C | — | C |
| Berck | 12,951 | 2.5 | D− | C− | D− | D |
| Merlimont | 3,342 | 2.9 | D | D | C+ | D |
| Cucq | 5,129 | 4.7 | B− | D | B+ | D |
| Étaples | 10,710 | 6.9 | C | C− | C | D |
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage | 4,224 | 7 | C+ | D− | D− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #65 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.26/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Rang-du-Fliers grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Rang-du-Fliers is a commune of 4,297 people in the Communauté d'agglomération des Deux Baies en Montreuillois. 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.