Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
4,704 people call this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France home.
Where it does best is schools: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 9.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,971/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Desvres-Samer. Work and incomes lag (C−): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. The overall grade comes out at B, better than 63% of compared French towns. It ranks #12 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
Figures: 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.
The one thing Samer does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Samer 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 Samer; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Samer before 1900, the earliest François-Joseph Cazin, in 1788.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Samer.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Samer can choose among 6 GPs. 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. From 2016 to 2025, 367 residents of Samer died, against 291 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. The nearest emergency department to Samer is Centre hospitalier Duchenne de Boulogne Sur Mer, 7.9 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Samer, 91.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). General-bac pupils go 7.6 mi to the nearest lycée. Results rank its schools #18 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le TrionNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 91%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Samer were criminal damage than anything else (2025). In all, 52 offenses reached the police record here in 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 armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 8.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
16% of residents have reached 65. Residents of Samer have a median age of 37.7. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Samer | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €22,650 a year per consumption unit, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 10.3% are unemployed. No commute at all: 2.9% of working residents in Samer at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Samer has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
144 sales of houses and apartments in Samer, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,971/m². House rents are put at about €10.15/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,971/m² | 144 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Samer has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Samer.
Henri Cazin: Em. Bouveur, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samer | 4,704 | — | B | B− | A | D− |
| Desvres | 4,829 | 4.3 | B+ | A− | B− | D |
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot | 4,115 | 5.7 | C | D− | B+ | C |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont | 5,029 | 6.2 | C+ | C | A− | C− |
| Saint-Léonard | 3,353 | 6.5 | — | C | — | C |
| Camiers | 2,582 | 7.8 | C− | D | A− | D |
| Saint-Martin-Boulogne | 10,888 | 7.9 | C | C | C− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #8 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns and #18 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 €1,971/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Samer grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Samer is a commune of 4,704 people in the Communauté de communes de Desvres-Samer. 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 October 30, 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.