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In Nord, Hauts-de-France, this town has 4,626 residents.
The data are hard on it. Where it falls short is jobs & income (D−) — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 17.2% unemployment. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its best grade is for walkability (A−): 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €1,313/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Ostrevent. Overall, that makes a C−, good for #123 of 189 in Nord. On that grade it does better than 18% of compared French towns.
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 Auberchicourt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Auberchicourt 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 Auberchicourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Centre Historique Minier de Lewarde (ancien site minier de la fosse Delloye de la compagnie des mines d'Aniche), in Lewarde, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auberchicourt.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 427 residents of Auberchicourt died, against 398 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 107 per 100 expected, close to Nord’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 3 GPs practise locally.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 67% of 142 candidates passed the bac pro. The bac pass rate near Auberchicourt is 87.5%, lower than both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 0.8 mi to the nearest one.
| 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
After tax and benefits, the median income is €22,230 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 9.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of the graded crimes in Auberchicourt, criminal damage came up most often (2025). The 2025 count: 82 offenses locally. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.3 violent offenses and 12.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 sexual violence and theft from vehicles, 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, 5.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, below Nord’s towns (12%) and close to compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents. The age that splits Auberchicourt in two is 42.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Auberchicourt | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,313/m²: 158 houses and apartments sold in Auberchicourt between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.21/m² a month, below Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.62/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,313/m² | 158 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Auberchicourt. Best known first.
Nothing in Auberchicourt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Auberchicourt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auberchicourt | 4,626 | — | C− | B− | B | D |
| Aniche | 9,963 | 1 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Masny | 3,999 | 1.7 | D− | B− | C+ | D |
| Monchecourt | 2,516 | 1.9 | — | B− | — | D− |
| Somain | 11,766 | 2.8 | D | B− | D | D |
| Abscon | 4,108 | 3 | C+ | B | A | D |
| Pecquencourt | 6,092 | 3 | D | C+ | C | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #56 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns and #163 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 €1,313/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Auberchicourt grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Auberchicourt is a commune of 4,626 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.