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In Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, this town has 1,041 residents.
Saint-Josse’s strongest is schools: bac results 24 points above the expected rate; brevet results 7 points above the expected rate. Jobs & income is another plus (B+): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.2% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Josse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Saint-Josse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Josse 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.
Saint-Josse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Josse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, 4.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Josse.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Josse, 98.0% passed the bac, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 3 mi away. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 75 | 100%+7 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 40 | 98%+24 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 3.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 7.2% are unemployed.
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.
Saint-Josse recorded 48 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 88% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.48/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,038/m² | 42 |
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 76 residents of Saint-Josse died, against 90 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. Women in Pas-de-Calais live to 83.5 on average and men to 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Josse is Centre hospitalier de L Arrondissement de Montreuil, 4 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Degrees are held by 37% of adults, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. A quarter of residents are 65 or over. Under-15s account for 14% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Josse | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Family days out, museums and gardens in and near Saint-Josse. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Josse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Josse yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Josse | 1,041 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| Cucq | 5,129 | 2.3 | B− | D | B+ | D |
| Merlimont | 3,342 | 2.6 | D | D | C+ | D |
| Étaples | 10,710 | 3.4 | C | C− | C | D |
| Rang-du-Fliers | 4,297 | 3.8 | D | C | C | D− |
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage | 4,224 | 4.3 | C+ | D− | D− | C+ |
| Verton | 2,571 | 5 | — | C | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Josse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Josse grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Josse is a commune of 1,041 people in the Communauté d'agglomération des Deux Baies en Montreuillois. 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.