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SanghenPas-de-Calais

The town has 315 residents and lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.

Is Sanghen a good place to live?

Sanghen isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Sanghen’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Sanghen’s story

No historic monuments in Sanghen

The Culture ministry lists no building in Sanghen as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye des Prémontrés, in Licques, 1.3 mi away.

14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sanghen.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 17% of people in Sanghen are 65 or over, fewer than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns and across compared French towns

Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Sanghen are older than 41.1.

41.1median age
SanghenPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sanghen
SanghenPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1517%18%17%
15–2412%12%11%
25–4429%24%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+17%20%22%
No diploma18%24%19%
CAP or BEP24%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%19%18%
Higher education32%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Sanghen, 4.3%, runs below Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €24,230 a year per consumption unit, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). Sanghen has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.6% of commuters at the census.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Sanghen, 0.2 per working resident
4.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

94.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 11.8 mi off. The nearest collège is 1.8 mi away.

94.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Sanghen94.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollègeCollège6594%+2 pts
94.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
1.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Sanghen is €10.91/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sanghen recorded 5 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.06/m² a month.

€10.91/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sanghen€10.91/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€11.26/m²
€10.91/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.91 to €13.35/m² a month)
€9.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sanghen

13pages on Sanghen

Landmarks

Nothing in Sanghen is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Sanghen

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sanghen yet.

How we find them →

Sanghen’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pas-de-Calais →
GuînesArdresRinxentDesvresMarquiseCoulogneGuînesArdresRinxentDesvresMarquiseCoulogneSanghen
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sanghen315—————
Guînes5,4796.6C+B−CD−
Ardres4,3897.1BB−A−D−
Rinxent2,9877.3—B−—D
Desvres4,8298.1B+A−B−D
Marquise5,2178.9C+C+C+D−
Coulogne5,43810C+CA−C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Sanghen

Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Sanghen is a commune of 315 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale. 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

Population
315 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays d'Opale
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.4 sq mi (6.2 km²)
INSEE code
62775

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.