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The town has 4,849 residents and lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
A town of contrasts. Where it does best is schools — brevet results 3.5 points above the expected rate. Fewer journeys need a car: 89% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,693/m² takes 4.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Osartis Marquion. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall and a rank of #8 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. It comes out better than 72% of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Vitry-en-Artois does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vitry-en-Artois 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Vitry-en-Artois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cromlech, dénommé les Bonnettes, in Sailly-en-Ostrevent, 3.4 mi away.
2.6% 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 Vitry-en-Artois.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #13 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pablo NérudaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 96%+5 pts |
| Collège GerminalBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 129 | 95%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment is 10.4%. For its 1,950 residents in work, Vitry-en-Artois has 1,650 jobs: 0.8 each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,980 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Vitry-en-Artois come to 101 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 564 residents of Vitry-en-Artois died, against 437 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. In Pas-de-Calais, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. There are 7 general practitioners in the town.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.28/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.41/m² a month, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Vitry-en-Artois from July 2023 to June 2026: 103 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,693/m² | 103 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 97 offenses were recorded in Vitry-en-Artois. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 10.7 violent offenses and 9.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie recorded 97 offenses in the graded categories 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 · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
25% of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of residents, about level with both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Vitry-en-Artois is 41.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Vitry-en-Artois | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Vitry-en-Artois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Vitry-en-Artois.
Fabien Lecœuvre: Eriotac, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marc Silvert: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitry-en-Artois | 4,849 | — | B+ | B | B | C− |
| Brebières | 5,283 | 1.8 | B− | B | C | D |
| Biache-Saint-Vaast | 4,568 | 1.9 | B+ | B+ | B+ | D− |
| Courchelettes Nord | 2,855 | 3.7 | C− | C+ | B+ | C |
| Lambres-lez-Douai Nord | 4,883 | 4.2 | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Cuincy Nord | 6,467 | 4.8 | C− | C | C+ | C− |
| Drocourt | 2,939 | 5.2 | C+ | C+ | B− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #35 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns and #13 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 Vitry-en-Artois grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Vitry-en-Artois is a commune of 4,849 people in the Communauté de communes Osartis Marquion. 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.