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A town of 9,963 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Aniche grades D− overall: better than 4% of compared French towns, and #175 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,149/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Ostrevent. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Aniche does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Aniche 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 Aniche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Mastaing, 2.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aniche.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Aniche is Hopital de Denain, 6.2 mi away. 851 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 606: 40% above. In Nord, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 6 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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 16.4 violent offenses and 20.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In all, 388 offenses reached the police record in Aniche in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 armed robbery, 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, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The median disposable income is €20,060 a year per consumption unit. 2,100 jobs are based in Aniche, for 3,500 working residents (0.6 per worker). Also worth knowing: 2.9% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 14% of the population. Residents of Aniche have a median age of 35.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Aniche | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Aniche, 87.5% passed the bac, lower than both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #154 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Théodore MonodNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 171 | 66%−9 pts |
| Lycée Louis PasteurNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 305 | 97%+3 pts |
| Collège Louis PasteurBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 130 | 88%+5 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.
The median price, €1,149/m², comes from 278 sales of houses and apartments in Aniche from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 278 homes were sold here. Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,145/m² | 276 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Aniche is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
12 notable people were born in Aniche.
Lazare Gianessi: UDAFAN, Public domain · Audrey Françaix: Grimbert, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Charles Lansiaux: Moi-même photo de mon archive personnelle., Public domain · Jean Bodart: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raymond Bastin: Otto Von Viani, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert Eugène des Rotours: Unknown author Unknown author, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aniche | 9,963 | — | D− | B | D | D− |
| Auberchicourt | 4,626 | 1 | C− | B− | B | D |
| Abscon | 4,108 | 2 | C+ | B | A | D |
| Somain | 11,766 | 2.3 | D | B− | D | D |
| Monchecourt | 2,516 | 2.4 | — | B− | — | D− |
| Masny | 3,999 | 2.7 | D− | B− | C+ | D |
| Fenain | 5,441 | 3.2 | B− | B− | B+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #162 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 35 burglaries and 143 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns and #154 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 97% of 305 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Louis Pasteur in 2025, 3 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 €1,149/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aniche grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Aniche is a commune of 9,963 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Ostrevent. 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.