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Sailly-en-OstreventPas-de-Calais

A town of 665 in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.

Is Sailly-en-Ostrevent a good place to live?

Sailly-en-Ostrevent isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Cromlech, dénommé les Bonnettes
Cromlech, dénommé les Bonnettes · Classé · Photo: JackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sailly-en-Ostrevent’s story

Sailly-en-Ostrevent in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sailly-en-Ostrevent: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1889First protected: Cromlech, dénommé les Bonnettes
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Landmarks

Sailly-en-Ostrevent has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Cromlech, dénommé les Bonnettes: Photo: JackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sailly-en-Ostrevent.

Who lives here

Sailly-en-Ostrevent skews young, with 13% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns

43.3median age

26% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.

Sailly-en-OstreventPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
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 Sailly-en-Ostrevent
Sailly-en-OstreventPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1516%18%17%
15–2413%12%11%
25–4424%24%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+18%20%22%
No diploma17%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

History

Sailly-en-Ostrevent: 1 historic monument, 1 classé

1historic monument

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Sailly-en-Ostrevent is Cromlech, dénommé les Bonnettes. Homes built before 1919 account for 4.9% of the housing.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
1889
first monument protected
4.9%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Incomes in Sailly-en-Ostrevent run higher than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: a median €27,620 a year per consumption unit

7%walk, cycle or take transit

8.4% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 7.2% of commuters got to work without a car. 50 jobs are based in Sailly-en-Ostrevent, for 300 working residents (0.2 per worker).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Sailly-en-Ostrevent, 0.2 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

95.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 3.5 points above the expected rate

95.5%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away. General-bac pupils go 6.4 mi to the nearest lycée.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Sailly-en-Ostrevent95.5%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Pablo NérudaNearest collègeCollègeCollège13696%+5 pts
Collège GerminalBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège12995%+2 pts
95.5%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +3.5 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Sailly-en-Ostrevent is €10.95/m² a month

€10.95/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 23 homes in Sailly-en-Ostrevent.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sailly-en-Ostrevent€10.95/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€11.26/m²
€10.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.06 to €13.24/m² a month)
€8.96/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 Sailly-en-Ostrevent

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Nearby attractions

Cromlech Sept Bonettes and 2 more in and around Sailly-en-Ostrevent

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Sailly-en-Ostrevent. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Sailly-en-Ostrevent

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sailly-en-Ostrevent yet.

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About Sailly-en-Ostrevent

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

Sailly-en-Ostrevent is a commune of 665 people in the Communauté de communes Osartis Marquion. 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
665 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Osartis Marquion
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.9 sq mi (7.6 km²)
INSEE code
62734

Sailly-en-Ostrevent’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 →
Vitry-en-ArtoisBiache-Saint-VaastBrebièresCourchelettesArleuxLambres-lez-DouaiVitry-en-ArtoisBiache-Saint-VaastBrebièresCourchelettesArleuxLambres-lez-DouaiSailly-en-Ostrevent
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sailly-en-Ostrevent665—————
Vitry-en-Artois4,8492.6B+BBC−
Biache-Saint-Vaast4,5682.7B+B+B+D−
Brebières5,2833.4B−BCD
Courchelettes Nord2,8554.8C−C+B+C
Arleux Nord3,1255.2CC+C+D−
Lambres-lez-Douai Nord4,8835.5DC+C−D

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

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 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.