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6,459 people live in this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Health is its weak spot (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it does best is walkability: 80% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are another plus: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2.3 points above the expected rate. At the median price of €2,022/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine d'Arras. Put together, the subjects come to a C overall, better than 29% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #53 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Laurent-Blangy 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Saint-Laurent-Blangy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Laurent-Blangy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle des Chariottes, in Arras, 1.3 mi away.
1.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Laurent-Blangy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Laurent-Blangy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Saint-Laurent-Blangy: 115 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 557 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 754, 35% more. Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 6 family doctors.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,780 a year per consumption unit. 17.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Saint-Laurent-Blangy: 6,300, for 2,800 residents in work (2.3 each). Unemployment runs at 12.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The police record for Saint-Laurent-Blangy lists 166 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 18.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 9.4 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (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 · For sexual violence and armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km, 86% of 496 candidates passed the bac pro. By results, schools here place #39 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul VerlaineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 92%+2 pts |
| Lycée Gambetta CarnotNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 377 | 97%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Jacques Le CaronBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 73 | 86%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Saint-Laurent-Blangy sell for €1,943/m² and apartments for €2,630/m². 201 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,022/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €12.79/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 | €1,943/m² | 158 |
| Apartments | €2,630/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
31% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 17%. Half the people of Saint-Laurent-Blangy are older than 42.2.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Laurent-Blangy | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Laurent-Blangy. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras2.3 km southwest, in Arras
AbbeyAbbaye Saint-Vaast2.3 km southwest, in Arras
MuseumCarrière Wellington2.6 km southwest, in Arras
FortCitadelle d'Arras3.7 km southwest, in ArrasAttractionAttractionArtois-Expoin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
2 notable people were born in Saint-Laurent-Blangy.
Nacer Meddah: Chris93, CC BY-SA 3.0
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Laurent-Blangy is a commune of 6,459 people in the Communauté urbaine d'Arras. 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
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-Laurent-Blangy | 6,459 | — | C | C+ | C− | D |
| Saint-Nicolas | 4,494 | 0.8 | C | B− | C− | D |
| Arras | 42,875 | 1.7 | C− | C | D | D |
| Sainte-Catherine | 3,471 | 1.8 | A− | C | B+ | C |
| Achicourt | 7,873 | 2.5 | C | C+ | C | D |
| Beaurains | 5,559 | 2.7 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Anzin-Saint-Aubin | 2,833 | 2.8 | A | C− | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #70 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 79 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns and #39 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 97% of 377 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Gambetta Carnot in 2025, a point 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 €2,022/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Laurent-Blangy grades C+ for cost of living.
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 8, 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.
