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2,571 people call this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France home.
Verton’s weakest subject is walkability: 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,446/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération des Deux Baies en Montreuillois. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Holiday and other second homes account for 13% of homes.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Verton has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Verton does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Verton 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.
Verton has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Verton as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Saulve, in Montreuil-sur-Mer, 6.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Verton.
The unemployment rate comes to 11.1%. Verton has 650 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 0.6 per worker. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Verton didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.61/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 78 homes in Verton. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.26/m² a month, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,438/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Verton records 95 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 178 residents of Verton died, against 187 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. In Pas-de-Calais, women can expect to live 83.5 years and men 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Degrees are held by 29% of adults. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and near compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Verton | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 5.7. 14 offenses were reported in Verton during 2025. More of the graded crimes here were family violence than anything else (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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (36.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit and family days out in and near Verton. Best known first.
Theme parkParc Bagatelle4.5 km northwest, in Berck
AttractionTriops4.6 km northwest, in Berck
AttractionRaft4.3 km northwest, in BerckPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Verton is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Verton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verton | 2,571 | — | — | C | — | C |
| Rang-du-Fliers | 4,297 | 1.5 | D | C | C | D− |
| Berck | 12,951 | 3.1 | D− | C− | D− | D |
| Merlimont | 3,342 | 4.3 | D | D | C+ | D |
| Cucq | 5,129 | 6.1 | B− | D | B+ | D |
| Étaples | 10,710 | 8.2 | C | C− | C | D |
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage | 4,224 | 8.4 | C+ | D− | D− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Verton has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Verton grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Verton is a commune of 2,571 people in the Communauté d'agglomération des Deux Baies en 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) · 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.