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Home to 1,062 people, this town lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Wailly-Beaucamp’s standout strength is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Households here earn well: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. The weak point is cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (C−): 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Wailly-Beaucamp 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.
Each subject compares Wailly-Beaucamp 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-Beaucamp 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-Beaucamp as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Saulve, in Montreuil-sur-Mer, 4.1 mi away.
11% 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 Wailly-Beaucamp.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 71 deaths in Wailly-Beaucamp from 2016 to 2025; there were 52, 27% fewer. Average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Wailly-Beaucamp is Centre hospitalier de L Arrondissement de Montreuil, 2.8 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
At the census, 3.1% of commuters got to work without a car. Half of residents lived on more than €27,180 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
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.
28 houses and apartments changed hands in Wailly-Beaucamp from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.61/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 19% of the population. 31% of adults hold a degree, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and close to compared French towns (30%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Wailly-Beaucamp | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Wailly-Beaucamp 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-Beaucamp 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-Beaucamp | 1,062 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Verton | 2,571 | 3.6 | — | C | — | C |
| Rang-du-Fliers | 4,297 | 4.2 | D | C | C | D− |
| Merlimont | 3,342 | 6.3 | D | D | C+ | D |
| Berck | 12,951 | 6.6 | D− | C− | D− | D |
| Cucq | 5,129 | 7.3 | B− | D | B+ | D |
| Étaples | 10,710 | 8.4 | C | C− | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Wailly-Beaucamp 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 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Wailly-Beaucamp is a commune of 1,062 people in the Communauté d'agglomération des Deux Baies en Montreuillois. 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 November 4, 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.