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This town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France has a population of 1,376.
Tournehem-sur-la-Hem’s strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.8% unemployment. The median price paid is €1,435/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Tournehem-sur-la-Hem 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 one thing Tournehem-sur-la-Hem does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Tournehem-sur-la-Hem 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.
Tournehem-sur-la-Hem has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Tournehem-sur-la-Hem, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1974.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tournehem-sur-la-Hem.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 101 deaths in Tournehem-sur-la-Hem from 2016 to 2025; there were 122, 20% more. The nearest emergency department to Tournehem-sur-la-Hem is Centre hospitalier de la Region de Saint Omer, 11.4 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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 15th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Tournehem-sur-la-Hem, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
23% of adults hold a degree, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%. Over-65s are a fifth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Tournehem-sur-la-Hem | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.91/m² a month, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.69/m² a month. The market in Tournehem-sur-la-Hem: 30 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €23,020 a year per consumption unit, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 10.8%. At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Tournehem-sur-la-Hem didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes in Tournehem-sur-la-Hem. All told, Tournehem-sur-la-Hem had 25 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 7.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 7.3 (2023–2025 average).
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 40.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Tournehem-sur-la-Hem has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Médard: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Tournehem-sur-la-Hem as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournehem-sur-la-Hem | 1,376 | — | — | B | — | D− |
| Ardres | 4,389 | 5 | B | B− | A− | D− |
| Audruicq | 5,309 | 5.2 | B | B+ | B | D |
| Éperlecques | 3,737 | 5.2 | — | B− | — | D− |
| Watten Nord | 2,564 | 7.5 | B+ | A− | A− | D |
| Lumbres | 3,579 | 7.7 | A− | A− | B+ | D |
| Guînes | 5,479 | 8.7 | C+ | B− | C | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Tournehem-sur-la-Hem 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 Tournehem-sur-la-Hem grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Tournehem-sur-la-Hem is a commune of 1,376 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer. 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 9, 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.