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1,511 residents make their home in this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
A 70 m² home at the median €1,850/m² costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability (D) — 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Vieille-Église 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 Vieille-Église does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vieille-Église 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.
Vieille-Église 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 Vieille-Église as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vestiges anciens de la ville, in Gravelines, 4.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vieille-Église.
Graduates make up 30% of adults. Children under 15 make up 22%, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 10% of the town.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Vieille-Église | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 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.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 79 residents of Vieille-Église died, against 63 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. The nearest emergency department to Vieille-Église is Centre hospitalier de Calais, 8.1 mi away.
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.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.6% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,950 a year per consumption unit, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and near compared French towns (€25,970). 9.2% of the labour force are out of work.
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 €1,850/m²: 35 houses and apartments sold in Vieille-Église between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.91/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.40/m² a month, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,850/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Vieille-Église 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 Vieille-Église 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vieille-Église | 1,511 | — | — | B− | — | D− |
| Audruicq | 5,309 | 3.6 | B | B+ | B | D |
| Oye-Plage | 5,780 | 3.6 | C+ | B− | A− | D |
| Grand-Fort-Philippe Nord | 4,887 | 4.8 | C+ | B− | B | D− |
| Gravelines Nord | 11,430 | 4.9 | C+ | C | C | D |
| Bourbourg Nord | 6,931 | 5.5 | C+ | B− | C | D− |
| Marck | 10,467 | 6 | C | C− | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vieille-Église has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,850/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vieille-Église grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Vieille-Église is a commune of 1,511 people in the Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq. 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.