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Some 5,948 people live in this town, in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Residents’ health trails most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Sains-en-Gohelle’s overall grade is D, better than just over a tenth of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #86 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 13.7% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,594/m² costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. Walkability is its strong suit (A−): 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Sains-en-Gohelle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sains-en-Gohelle 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 lists no building in Sains-en-Gohelle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre, in Servins, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sains-en-Gohelle.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Sains-en-Gohelle has 3 family doctors. 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 420 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 556, 32% more.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Unemployment stood at 13.7%, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,010 a year per consumption unit. At the census, nearly one in ten 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,594/m²: 146 houses and apartments sold in Sains-en-Gohelle between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 146 homes were sold here. House rents are put at about €8.97/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,624/m² | 137 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Residents of Sains-en-Gohelle have a median age of 41.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Sains-en-Gohelle | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people ran at 11.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.9 (2023–2025 average). Sains-en-Gohelle’s tally for 2025: 165 recorded offenses. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Sains-en-Gohelle (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Sains-en-Gohelle, 90.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #75 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 86 | 79%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Léo LagrangeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 134 | 98%+5 pts |
| Collège Langevin-WallonBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 86%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Sains-en-Gohelle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Sains-en-Gohelle.
Jean-Claude Gautrand: Aline Memmi, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sains-en-Gohelle | 5,948 | — | D | C | C+ | D− |
| Hersin-Coupigny | 6,082 | 1.4 | C | B | B+ | D− |
| Bully-les-Mines | 12,146 | 1.8 | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Nœux-les-Mines | 11,590 | 2 | D | B− | D | D |
| Aix-Noulette | 3,902 | 2.1 | D | C | B− | C− |
| Mazingarbe | 8,217 | 2.2 | D | C+ | C− | D− |
| Grenay | 6,644 | 2.7 | D− | B− | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #50 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 52 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #75 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 98% of 134 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Léo Lagrange in 2025, 5 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,594/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.43/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sains-en-Gohelle grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Sains-en-Gohelle is a commune of 5,948 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. 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 9, 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.