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With 8,536 residents, it is a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
More weak spots than strong ones. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Vendin-le-Vieil ranks #78 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais, with a D overall. Set against the rest, it does better than 14% of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,668/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. Where it does best is walkability: 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Vendin-le-Vieil does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vendin-le-Vieil 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 lists no building in Vendin-le-Vieil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien site minier de la fosse 11-19 de la Compagnie des Mines de Lens, in Loos-en-Gohelle, 3.6 mi away.
2.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, family days out and museums in and near Vendin-le-Vieil. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vendin-le-Vieil.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (128 places) count their residents as Vendin-le-Vieil’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% above expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 569 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 861, 51% more. Women in Pas-de-Calais live to 83.5 on average and men to 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Vendin-le-Vieil can choose among 4 GPs.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Police and gendarmerie figures for Vendin-le-Vieil show 249 offenses in 2025. With 6,350 jobs for 3,450 working residents, Vendin-le-Vieil draws people in from neighbouring communes. Violence against people averaged 12.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 17.3. Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime in the town 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, 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults. 20% are under 15, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). On top of that, the share aged 15 to 24 is 13%.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Vendin-le-Vieil | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €22,900 a year per consumption unit, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 8.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Of those in the labour force, 12.6% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,668/m²: 212 houses and apartments sold in Vendin-le-Vieil between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.16/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 €9.83/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,709/m² | 190 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #55 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. Collège pupils travel 0.7 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Bracke DesrousseauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 142 | 78%−6 pts |
| Lycée VoltaireNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 308 | 98%+2 pts |
| Collège MicheletBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 90 | 86%+16 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Vendin-le-Vieil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Vendin-le-Vieil.
Gérard Jouault: Sablé72, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendin-le-Vieil | 8,536 | — | D | C | C− | D |
| Annay | 4,571 | 1.1 | D | C | B− | D |
| Pont-à-Vendin | 3,062 | 1.3 | C− | C+ | B− | D− |
| Wingles | 8,720 | 1.7 | D− | C | C− | D− |
| Loison-sous-Lens | 5,169 | 1.8 | D− | C+ | D− | D− |
| Harnes | 12,247 | 2.3 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Meurchin | 3,691 | 2.4 | C | C | A− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #80 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 68 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #55 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 98% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Voltaire in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,668/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vendin-le-Vieil grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Vendin-le-Vieil is a commune of 8,536 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. 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.