Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France has a population of 4,668.
Sangatte grades C overall, better than nearly a third of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #47 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.9% unemployment. Walkability is its strong suit (B+): 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a strength too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety and B for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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.
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 Sangatte does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sangatte 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Sangatte as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour du Guet, in Calais, 2 mi away.
4.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Sangatte. Best known first.
MuseumCité internationale de la dentelle et de la mode de Calais3.9 km east, in CalaisAttractionAttractionMonument to the Dover Patrolin townAttractionAttractionCitadelle de Calais2.7 km east, in CalaisMuseumMuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Calais3.3 km east, in CalaisFortFortFort Risban3.2 km east, in CalaisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sangatte.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €12.85/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 118 homes in Sangatte. House rents are put at about €9.97/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,469/m² | 105 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 11.9%. No commute at all: 3.2% of working residents in Sangatte at the census.
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.
At birth, a girl in Pas-de-Calais can expect 83.5 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 365 deaths in Sangatte between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 371: 2% below. 6 GPs practise locally.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 9.2 violent offenses and 14 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. For 2025, the figures show 131 offenses in Sangatte. 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 armed robbery, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 5.6% 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.
Near Sangatte, 93.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%). Results rank its schools #72 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis BlériotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 98%+3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Pierre de CoubertinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 308 | 94%−3 pts |
| Collège RépubliqueBest against expectations: 18 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 62 | 87%+18 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
17% are under 15, lower than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and near compared French towns (17%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%. Sangatte has a median age of 46.6.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Sangatte | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Sangatte is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Sangatte.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades C+ for safety, #52 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #72 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sangatte grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Sangatte is a commune of 4,668 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Calais Terres et Mers. 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.