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RoussentPas-de-Calais

Home to 251 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.

Is Roussent a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Roussent is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Roussent’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Roussent’s story

No historic monuments in Roussent

The Culture ministry lists no building in Roussent as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye de Valloires, in Argoules, 2.4 mi away.

14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roussent.

Who lives here

Children make up 22% of Roussent, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns

26% of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of residents, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Add to that, people 65 and over make up 18% of the town.

38.2median age
RoussentPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Roussent
RoussentPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1522%18%17%
15–2410%12%11%
25–4429%24%23%
45–6422%26%26%
65+18%20%22%
No diploma15%24%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education26%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

More people in Roussent are out of work than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or across compared French towns: 15.3%

Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.0% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €22,940 a year per consumption unit, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and below compared French towns (€25,970).

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Roussent, 0.2 per working resident
15.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Roussent is €12.26/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €7.95/m² a month. Sales in Roussent from July 2023 to June 2026: 10 houses and apartments.

€12.26/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Roussent€12.26/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€11.26/m²
€12.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.75 to €15.41/m² a month)
€7.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Roussent

12pages on Roussent

Landmarks

Nothing in Roussent is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Roussent

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Roussent yet.

How we find them →

Roussent’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pas-de-Calais →
VertonRang-du-FliersRueBerckMerlimontCucqVertonRang-du-FliersRueBerckMerlimontCucqRoussent
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Roussent251—————
Verton2,5716.2—C—C
Rang-du-Fliers4,2977.3DCCD−
Rue Somme2,9878.1C+C+BB−
Berck12,9519.2D−C−D−D
Merlimont3,3429.7DDC+D
Cucq5,12911B−DB+D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Roussent

Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Roussent is a commune of 251 people in the Communauté de communes des 7 Vallées. 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

Population
251 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des 7 Vallées
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2 sq mi (5.2 km²)
INSEE code
62723

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.