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The town, home to 1,708 people, lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Homes are affordable (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.4% unemployment. It also trails on walkability (D−).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Sainte-Marie-Kerque 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 3 things Sainte-Marie-Kerque does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Marie-Kerque 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.
Sainte-Marie-Kerque 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 Sainte-Marie-Kerque as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Bourbourg, 4.4 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Marie-Kerque.
At the census, 2.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. The median disposable income was €25,090 a year per consumption unit, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and near compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 9.4%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
112 deaths in Sainte-Marie-Kerque between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 99: 13% 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. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Marie-Kerque is Polyclinique de Grande Synthe, 10.1 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Degrees are held by 25% of adults, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). 14% of residents are 65 or over. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Marie-Kerque | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.91/m² a month, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €8.91/m² a month. Sales in Sainte-Marie-Kerque from July 2023 to June 2026: 54 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,667/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 15 offenses in Sainte-Marie-Kerque. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.9 violent offenses and 5.7 graded property crimes a year. The graded crime recorded most here was family violence (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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (51.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Sainte-Marie-Kerque 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 Sainte-Marie-Kerque 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marie-Kerque | 1,708 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Audruicq | 5,309 | 3 | B | B+ | B | D |
| Bourbourg Nord | 6,931 | 4.3 | C+ | B− | C | D− |
| Watten Nord | 2,564 | 5.3 | B+ | A− | A− | D |
| Éperlecques | 3,737 | 5.5 | — | B− | — | D− |
| Gravelines Nord | 11,430 | 7 | C+ | C | C | D |
| Ardres | 4,389 | 7.3 | B | B− | A− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Marie-Kerque has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sainte-Marie-Kerque grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Sainte-Marie-Kerque is a commune of 1,708 people in the Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq. 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.