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Home to 2,999 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Saint-Venant’s overall grade, B−, puts it better than 46% of compared French towns. It ranks #28 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Its lowest grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy does well (B+): 1.6 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. At the median price of €1,595/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety, B for schools and C+ for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Saint-Venant does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Venant 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Venant; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1951.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Saint-Venant before 1900, the earliest Célestin Denissel, in 1808.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Venant.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
555 deaths in Saint-Venant between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 318: 75% above. In Pas-de-Calais, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Also worth knowing: there are 3 general practitioners in the town. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Venant is Clinique Anne Artois, 6.9 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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #57 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges BrassensNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 89 | 90%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century. 7.1% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
25% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 are 9.9% of the population. Saint-Venant has a median age of 46.9 years.
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Venant | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,595/m², comes from 86 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Venant from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,600/m² | 83 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €25,410 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.8% of 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
In all, 90 offenses reached the police record in Saint-Venant in 2025. The town has 1,800 jobs for 1,100 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 13.6 violent offenses and 9.3 graded property crimes a year. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (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 vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 6.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Saint-Venant has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Hôtel de ville: Photo: Bastien.pierre · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Saint-Venant.
Charles-Louis-Félix Franchot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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It grades C+ for safety, #46 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 29 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #57 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 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 €1,595/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Venant grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Venant is a commune of 2,999 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. 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.