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2,687 people call this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France home.
Strong in places, weak in others. The local economy does well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment. At B overall, Richebourg is better than 63% of compared French towns and ranks #14 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Safety is another plus: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Getting around depends on the car (C−): nearly a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · 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 one thing Richebourg does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Richebourg 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Richebourg; none is classé, France’s top protection.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Richebourg.
The median disposable income was €29,390 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 4.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 26 offenses in Richebourg. In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in the town.
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and 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, 17.7% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.93/m² a month, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.68/m² a month. Richebourg recorded 67 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,119/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Pas-de-Calais, women can expect to live 83.5 years and men 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 202 residents of Richebourg died, against 216 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Richebourg is Centre hospitalier Germon et Gauthier Bethune Beuvry, 5.6 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Richebourg; none is classé, France’s top protection. 4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
11% of residents are 15 to 24, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%). The age that splits Richebourg in two is 45.3. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Richebourg | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Richebourg. Best known first.
Richebourg has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Cimetière portugais: Photo: Ivan Pacheka · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Richebourg as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richebourg | 2,687 | — | B | C | A− | C |
| La Couture | 2,590 | 1.9 | — | C | — | C |
| Laventie | 5,044 | 3.2 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
| Violaines | 3,839 | 3.4 | B+ | C | A | D− |
| Lestrem | 5,009 | 3.7 | B+ | B− | A | C− |
| La Gorgue Nord | 5,616 | 4 | B− | B | B+ | C− |
| La Bassée Nord | 6,650 | 4.2 | C− | C+ | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #12 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Richebourg grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Richebourg is a commune of 2,687 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. 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.