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SouastrePas-de-Calais

With 375 residents, it is a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.

Is Souastre a good place to live?

Souastre is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

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

No historic monuments in Souastre

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

The nearest classé monument is Chapelle du cimetière, in Saint-Amand, 1 mi away.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Souastre.

Who lives here

Children make up 22% of Souastre, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns

Among adults, 19% have a degree. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.1%, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). What’s more, 17% of residents are 65 or over.

41median age
SouastrePas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Souastre
SouastrePas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1522%18%17%
15–249.1%12%11%
25–4425%24%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+17%20%22%
No diploma24%24%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education19%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Souastre has lower unemployment than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 8.1%

At the census, 6.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Souastre holds 50 jobs; 150 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. The median disposable income is €23,030 a year per consumption unit.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Souastre, 0.3 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Souastre is €11.70/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 7 homes were sold in Souastre.

€11.70/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Souastre€11.70/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€11.26/m²
€11.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.51 to €14.40/m² a month)
€9.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Couin and 2 more in and around Souastre

Heritage and museums in and near Souastre. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Souastre

12pages on Souastre

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Souastre

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

How we find them →

Souastre’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 →
DoullensAlbertDainvilleAchicourtBeaurainsArrasDoullensAlbertDainvilleAchicourtBeaurainsArrasSouastre
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Souastre375—————
Doullens Somme5,7519.9C+A−D−D
Albert Somme9,52111C−BDD
Dainville5,68312BCB−D
Achicourt7,87312CC+CD
Beaurains5,55912C+C+C+C−
Arras42,87513C−CDD

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

About Souastre

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

Souastre is a commune of 375 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud-Artois. 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
375 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Sud-Artois
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.3 km²)
INSEE code
62800

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 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.