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In Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, this town has 1,062 residents.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. Pupils here do better than most: bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.6 points above the expected rate. Getting around depends on the car (C−). Housing is expensive: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 38% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Wailly 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 one thing Wailly does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Wailly 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.
Wailly has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Wailly as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Citadelle d'Arras, in Achicourt, 2.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wailly.
The census found 7.0% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €29,620 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Wailly didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Near Wailly, 91.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Adam de la HalleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 95 | 91%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Savary FerryNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 331 | 85%−2 pts |
| Collège DiderotBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 141 | 91%+3 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.
House rents are put at about €9.50/m² a month. Wailly recorded 28 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
92 deaths in Wailly between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 102: 9% below. Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Wailly is Centre hospitalier D Arras, 3.7 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Under-15s account for 15% of the population. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Wailly | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Wailly. Best known first.
FortCitadelle d'Arras4.7 km northeast, in ArrasChâteauChâteauÉglise Saint-Lambert de Warlus4.8 km northwest, in WarlusAttractionAttractionAncienne abbaye4.6 km northwest, in BernevilleChâteauChâteauChâteau de Brétencourt2.2 km southwest, in RivièreChâteauChâteauChâteau de Grosville2.8 km southwest, in RivièreMuseumMuseumCommonwealth War Graves Commission4.3 km east, in BeaurainsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Wailly 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 Wailly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wailly | 1,062 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Dainville | 5,683 | 2.5 | B | C | B− | D |
| Achicourt | 7,873 | 2.6 | C | C+ | C | D |
| Beaurains | 5,559 | 3 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Arras | 42,875 | 3.5 | C− | C | D | D |
| Sainte-Catherine | 3,471 | 4.5 | A− | C | B+ | C |
| Anzin-Saint-Aubin | 2,833 | 4.8 | A | C− | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Wailly has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 65% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Wailly is a commune of 1,062 people in the Communauté urbaine d'Arras. 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) · 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.