Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,082 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Artres has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 0% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is schools (A−): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Artres 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 Artres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vestiges archéologiques antiques et médiévaux, in Famars, 1.9 mi away.
20% 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 Artres.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Artres. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Artres come to 100 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 62 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 62, about as many. Also worth knowing: women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Madame d'ÉpinayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 88%+3 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.
27 houses and apartments changed hands in Artres from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.3%, lower than both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 20% of the town. Residents of Artres have a median age of 40.2.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Artres | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.6% of commuters at the census. Artres has 200 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.5 per worker. The median disposable income was €27,680 a year per consumption unit, above Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Artres 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 Artres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artres | 1,082 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Maing | 3,954 | 2.6 | C | B− | A | D |
| Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes | 7,080 | 2.8 | D | C+ | C | D |
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 6,019 | 3.5 | D | B− | C− | D− |
| Marly | 11,995 | 3.6 | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Thiant | 2,914 | 4.2 | D− | C | B− | D− |
| Valenciennes | 43,468 | 4.5 | D− | C | D− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Artres has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 75% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Artres is a commune of 1,082 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole. 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.