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Home to 2,987 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Pupils here do better than most: bac results 13 points above the expected rate; brevet results 6.7 points above the expected rate. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,787/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.1% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Rinxent has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Rinxent does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rinxent 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.
Rinxent has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rinxent as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Fort Vauban dit Fort Mahon, in Ambleteuse, 6.2 mi away.
15% 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 Rinxent.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 1.3 mi off. General-bac pupils go 7.1 mi to the nearest lycée. Its schools’ results rank #4 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Martin PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 82 | 99%+8 pts |
| Lycée professionnel des Deux CapsNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 48 | 98%+13 pts |
| Collège Jean RostandBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 156 | 98%+6 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.
For a family doctor, residents of Rinxent can choose among 4 GPs. Adjusted mortality in the town: 111 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 256 residents of Rinxent died, against 230 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. The nearest emergency department to Rinxent is Centre hospitalier Duchenne de Boulogne Sur Mer, 7.5 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
The median disposable income is €22,580 a year per consumption unit. A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 3.0% of Rinxent’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are nearly a fifth of the population here. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Rinxent are older than 41.2.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Rinxent | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 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.
Behind the median of €1,787/m²: 101 houses and apartments sold in Rinxent between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.99/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 91% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,726/m² | 92 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Rinxent were criminal damage than anything else (2025). 21 offenses were reported in Rinxent during 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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 25.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, other places to visit and family days out in and near Rinxent. Best known first.
Nothing in Rinxent is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Rinxent.
Félix Goethals: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rinxent | 2,987 | — | — | B− | — | D |
| Marquise | 5,217 | 1.6 | C+ | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Wimereux | 6,256 | 5.9 | B | D− | A− | D |
| Wimille | 3,866 | 6.1 | C | C− | B− | D− |
| Saint-Martin-Boulogne | 10,888 | 7.4 | C | C | C− | C− |
| Guînes | 5,479 | 7.4 | C+ | B− | C | D− |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | 40,539 | 8.1 | C− | C+ | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rinxent has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns and #4 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 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 €1,787/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.54/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rinxent grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Rinxent is a commune of 2,987 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.