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A town of 4,270 in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Vimy grades D overall: better than 10% of compared French towns, and #90 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): bac results 3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.6 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,952/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. Its strongest is safety (B): an average of 7.7 recorded violent incidents and 12.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Vimy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vimy 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 Vimy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines de l'église, in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, 4.1 mi away.
2% 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 Vimy.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Vimy is below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #122 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 76 | 72%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Pablo PicassoNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 128 | 88%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Vimy records 103 deaths per 100 expected, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) but above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 591 residents of Vimy died, against 479 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,952/m², comes from 130 sales of houses and apartments in Vimy from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,954/m² | 129 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Vimy comes below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 25% of the population.
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Vimy | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 88 offenses in the graded categories in Vimy in 2025. For sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 6.3% of the index here.
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
For Vimy, that is below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Vimy has 750 jobs for 1,750 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €27,350 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and gardens in and near Vimy. Best known first.
Nothing in Vimy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
6 notable people were born in Vimy.
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It grades B for safety, #35 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 39 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. 88% of 128 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pablo Picasso in 2025, 3 points below 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 €1,952/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.82/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vimy grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Vimy is a commune of 4,270 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. 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.