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It is a town of 3,839 residents in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Violaines’s strongest is safety — an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At B+ overall, Violaines is better than nearly two thirds of compared French towns and ranks #11 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Schools are another plus: bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results 2.8 points above the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
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 Violaines does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Violaines 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 Violaines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien Hôtel de Beaulaincourt, in Béthune, 6.6 mi away.
2.4% 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 Violaines.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 264 deaths in Violaines from 2016 to 2025; there were 346, 31% more. At birth, a girl in Pas-de-Calais can expect 83.5 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Violaines can choose among 5 GPs.
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.
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Violaines (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 44 offenses here in 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, 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 (12.9% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The median disposable income was €25,540 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665). Violaines has 950 jobs for 1,700 working residents, 0.6 per worker. No commute at all: 2.4% of working residents locally at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
89.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Violaines, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. On results, collèges and lycées here come #46 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 4.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 178 | 99%+5 pts |
| Lycée professionnel BoillyNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 103 | 87%−1 pt |
| Collège Joliot CurieBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 103 | 83%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Violaines: 80 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.59/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.38/m² a month, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,969/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 29% of adults, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and near compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for nearly a fifth of the population. Violaines has a median age of 42.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Violaines | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Violaines. Best known first.
Nothing in Violaines 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 Violaines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violaines | 3,839 | — | B+ | C | A | D− |
| La Bassée Nord | 6,650 | 0.9 | C− | C+ | C− | D |
| Auchy-les-Mines | 4,625 | 2 | C− | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Salomé Nord | 3,182 | 2.2 | B− | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Haisnes | 4,396 | 2.4 | C+ | C+ | A− | D− |
| Douvrin | 5,867 | 2.7 | C+ | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Richebourg | 2,687 | 3.4 | B | C | A− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #5 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #46 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Violaines grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Violaines is a commune of 3,839 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.