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This town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France has a population of 3,445.
Overall, Verquin earns a B−, which places it #25 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. On that grade it does better than 47% of compared French towns. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 14% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,538/m² takes 4.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. Its strongest is safety: an average of 7.2 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Verquin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Verquin 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Verquin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Béthune, 1.8 mi away.
3.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Verquin. Best known first.
MuseumMusée régional d'ethnologie de Béthune3.5 km north, in BéthuneMonastery or conventMonastery or conventChartreuse des Dames de Gosnay4.4 km west, in GosnayFortFortTour Saint-Ignace2.8 km north, in BéthuneMonastery or conventMonastery or conventChartreuse de Val-Saint-Esprit3.4 km west, in GosnayFortFortEnceinte de Béthune2.9 km north, in BéthunePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Verquin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Verquin. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Verquin records 114 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 481 residents of Verquin died, against 326 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 47% more. Average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
For 2025, the figures show 48 offenses in Verquin. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Verquin (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 · Small counts of sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 7.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. For its 1,400 residents in work, Verquin has 1,350 jobs: 1 each. No commute at all: 2.1% of working residents in the town 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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,538/m², below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€1,668/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Of the homes sold, 90% were houses. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 103 homes in Verquin.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,534/m² | 93 |
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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 77% passed the bac pro, of 525 candidates at 4 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Verquin, 90.6% passed the bac, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul VerlaineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 83%+5 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique André MalrauxNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 181 | 96%+2 pts |
| Collège Albert DebeyreBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 162 | 92%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 27% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 16%, lower than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and near compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Verquin by age and the one in the middle is 44.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Verquin | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Verquin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Verquin.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades B+ for safety, #23 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #71 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 96% of 181 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique André Malraux 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.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Verquin grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Verquin is a commune of 3,445 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 October 30, 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.