Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
665 people call this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France home.
At under 1,000 residents, Verchocq is too small for the grades other French towns get. Young adults aged 15 to 24 make up 14% of residents.
The one thing Verchocq does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Verchocq as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Omer, in Merck-Saint-Liévin, 5.3 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Verchocq.
19% are under 15, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Verchocq is 40.5 years old. 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%.
| Verchocq | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 300 residents in work, Verchocq has 100 jobs: 0.4 each. At the census, 4.5% of commuters got to work without a car. The median disposable income was €23,450 a year per consumption unit, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 24 homes in Verchocq. A house rents for an estimated €7.86/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Verchocq is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Verchocq yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verchocq | 665 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lumbres | 3,579 | 11 | A− | A− | B+ | D |
| Desvres | 4,829 | 12 | B+ | A− | B− | D |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt | 4,480 | 13 | C | B+ | D− | A− |
| Wizernes | 3,321 | 13 | B | B− | A | D− |
| Samer | 4,704 | 14 | B | B− | A | D− |
| Blendecques | 4,859 | 15 | C+ | B− | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Verchocq is a commune of 665 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut Pays du Montreuillois. 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) · 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.