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A town of 2,032 in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Rety’s strongest is schools: brevet results 8 points above the expected rate. Jobs & income is its weak spot: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.4% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,722/m² costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability (D): 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Rety 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 one thing Rety does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rety 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.
Rety has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Rety: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.
12% 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 Rety.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 3.1 mi off. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Martin PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 82 | 99%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Rety’s deaths ran at 111 per 100 expected, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and above compared French towns (88). 134 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 121: 11% above. The nearest emergency department to Rety is Centre hospitalier Duchenne de Boulogne Sur Mer, 8.7 mi away. 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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Half of residents lived on more than €23,080 a year per consumption unit, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.3% of commuters got to work without a car. Of those in the labour force, 11.4% are unemployed.
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%). 16% of residents have reached 65. Rety has a median age of 40.2 years.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Rety | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,722/m², comes from 48 sales of houses and apartments in Rety from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.78/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €12.10/m² a month, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,722/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, other places to visit and family days out in and near Rety. Best known first.
Rety has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rety yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Rety has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,722/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rety grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Rety is a commune of 2,032 people in the Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps. 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 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.