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The town, home to 3,125 people, lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Strong in places, weak in others. Where it falls short is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Arleux earns a C, better than 29% of compared French towns. It ranks #86 of 189 in Nord. School results are strong (A): brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,623/m² takes 5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo.
Figures: 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 Arleux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Arleux 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 Arleux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre, in Hamel, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arleux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Arleux has 6 family doctors. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 273 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 418, 53% 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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #19 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Val de la SenséeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 170 | 90%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 10.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 13.5 (2023–2025 average). 81 offenses were reported in Arleux during 2025. Family violence topped the graded crimes in Arleux (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 burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 9.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.47/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.46/m² a month, about level with Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 97 homes were sold in Arleux.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,623/m² | 97 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Arleux holds 750 jobs; 1,200 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. Unemployment runs at 13.5%. Public transport took 4.3% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Nord’s towns (19%). Ages in Arleux split evenly at 43.3: half are older, half younger. Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Arleux | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Arleux. Best known first.
Nothing in Arleux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Arleux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arleux | 3,125 | — | C | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Monchecourt | 2,516 | 4.7 | — | B− | — | D− |
| Courchelettes | 2,855 | 4.9 | C− | C+ | B+ | C |
| Dechy | 5,338 | 5 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Guesnain | 4,635 | 5.1 | D | B− | C | C |
| Lambres-lez-Douai | 4,883 | 5.4 | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Brebières Pas-de-Calais | 5,283 | 5.5 | B− | B | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #86 of 189 in Nord.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #19 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Arleux grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Arleux is a commune of 3,125 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. 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.