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Young adults aged 15 to 24 make up 23% of residents. Population 1,978: a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Pupils here do better than most: bac results 1.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.6 points above the expected rate. Its weakest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,735/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 14.7% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Verquigneul 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 2 things Verquigneul does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Verquigneul 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.
Verquigneul has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Verquigneul as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Béthune, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Verquigneul.
31% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Verquigneul has a median age of 37.1 years.
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Verquigneul | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 23% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
107 deaths in Verquigneul between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 109: 2% below. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Verquigneul come to 98 per 100 predicted. Life expectancy in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km, 77% of 525 candidates passed the bac pro. Just over nine in ten candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Verquigneul, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 1.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert DebeyreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 162 | 92%+6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Marguerite YourcenarNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 138 | 96%±0 pts |
| Collège Paul VerlaineBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 138 | 83%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €26,010 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took a tenth of Verquigneul’s working residents to work at the census.
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 €1,735/m²: 44 houses and apartments sold in Verquigneul between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. Also worth knowing: a house rents for an estimated €8.85/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,738/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Verquigneul. Best known first.
MuseumMusée régional d'ethnologie de Béthune4 km north, in BéthuneFortFortTour Saint-Ignace3.5 km northwest, in BéthuneFortFortEnceinte de Béthune3.7 km northwest, in BéthuneMonastery or conventMonastery or conventChartreuse de Val-Saint-Esprit4.9 km west, in GosnayMuseumMuseumLab Labanque3.4 km northwest, in BéthunePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Verquigneul 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 Verquigneul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verquigneul | 1,978 | — | — | B− | — | C− |
| Labourse | 2,858 | 0.9 | — | B− | — | D− |
| Verquin | 3,445 | 0.9 | B− | B | B+ | D |
| Beuvry | 9,189 | 1.9 | D | B− | C− | D− |
| Nœux-les-Mines | 11,590 | 1.9 | D | B− | D | D |
| Béthune | 25,224 | 2 | D | C+ | D− | D |
| Annezin | 5,825 | 3.1 | C | B− | C+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Verquigneul has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns. 96% of 138 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Marguerite Yourcenar in 2025, at 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 €1,735/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Verquigneul grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Verquigneul is a commune of 1,978 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. 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 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.