Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 8,720 residents and lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
A tough set of grades. Residents’ health trails most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. With a D− overall, Wingles sits #103 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. It comes out better than 5% of compared French towns. At €1,658/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. Its strongest is walkability: 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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 2 things Wingles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Wingles 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 Wingles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien site minier de la fosse 11-19 de la Compagnie des Mines de Lens, in Loos-en-Gohelle, 4.5 mi away.
2.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Wingles. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wingles.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Wingles has 7 family doctors. Average lifespans in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 605 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 786, 30% 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
In all, 231 offenses reached the police record in Wingles in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 14.1 violent offenses and 16.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
17% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents. The middle age in Wingles is 37.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Wingles | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Households’ median disposable income: €21,290 a year per consumption unit. 8.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) 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.
Behind the median of €1,658/m²: 227 houses and apartments sold in Wingles between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.58/m² a month. Houses made up 90% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,615/m² | 205 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Wingles, 91.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #74 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léon BlumNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 85%+3 pts |
| Lycée VoltaireNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 308 | 98%+2 pts |
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 88%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Wingles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Wingles.
Émilienne Moreau-Évrard: Agence Rol, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wingles | 8,720 | — | D− | C | C− | D− |
| Douvrin | 5,867 | 1.6 | C+ | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Meurchin | 3,691 | 1.7 | C | C | A− | D− |
| Vendin-le-Vieil | 8,536 | 1.7 | D | C | C− | D |
| Hulluch | 3,371 | 1.8 | D | C | C+ | D− |
| Pont-à-Vendin | 3,062 | 1.9 | C− | C+ | B− | D− |
| Billy-Berclau | 5,093 | 1.9 | B | C | A− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #80 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 78 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #74 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 98% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Voltaire in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,658/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.77/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Wingles grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Wingles is a commune of 8,720 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. 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.