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A town of 1,328 in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Wardrecques has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 1.3 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Wardrecques 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 Wardrecques as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ascenseur à bateaux des Fontinettes, in Arques, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wardrecques.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Mendès FranceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 81%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €24,620 a year per consumption unit, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) yet lower than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.5% of commuters got to work without a car.
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 27 homes in Wardrecques. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.91/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Wardrecques has one family doctor. Life expectancy in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 250 residents of Wardrecques died, against 179 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% more.
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 C+ to A−.
Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. 17% are under 15, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and close to compared French towns (17%).
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Wardrecques | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Wardrecques. Best known first.
Nothing in Wardrecques is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Wardrecques as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wardrecques | 1,328 | — | — | C+ | — | B |
| Arques | 9,431 | 2.9 | C− | B− | C− | D− |
| Blendecques | 4,859 | 3.1 | C+ | B− | B− | D |
| Longuenesse | 10,548 | 4.4 | C− | C+ | D | D |
| Saint-Omer | 14,382 | 5 | C− | B− | D− | D |
| Wizernes | 3,321 | 5 | B | B− | A | D− |
| Aire-sur-la-Lys | 9,598 | 5.1 | C+ | B+ | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Wardrecques has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 700 jobs for 550 working residents, Wardrecques draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade D, better than 11% 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
Wardrecques is a commune of 1,328 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer. 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.