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A town of 2,232 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Avesnelles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 18.1 recorded violent incidents and 14.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,126/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Cœur de l'Avesnois. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results 3.2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3.2 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Avesnelles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Avesnelles 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 Avesnelles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, 0.5 mi away.
19% 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 Avesnelles.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Avesnelles is 88.9%, higher than Nord’s towns (85.9%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). Vocational results within 5 km: 73% passed the bac pro, of 30 candidates. At the general lycée, 98% of 207 candidates passed the bac, 4 points above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Renaud-BarraultNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 84%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Jessé de ForestNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 207 | 98%+4 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Thérèse PrivateBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 62 | 97%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
With 1,200 jobs for 750 working residents, Avesnelles draws people in from neighbouring communes. Its tally for 2025: 77 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most here 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, burglary, vehicle theft 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, 11.9% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The median disposable income is €22,690 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 6.2% of working residents in Avesnelles didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 3.3% of working residents in Avesnelles to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Nord, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Avesnelles records 96 deaths per 100 expected. 281 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 270: 4% above. The nearest emergency department to Avesnelles is Centre hospitalier de Fourmies, 9 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,126/m²: 68 houses and apartments sold in Avesnelles between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 68 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,126/m² | 68 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 27% of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by 18% of adults, below Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Avesnelles has a median age of 48.5 years.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Avesnelles | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Avesnelles. Best known first.
Nothing in Avesnelles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Avesnelles.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avesnelles | 2,232 | — | — | B+ | D | C |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 4,012 | 0.8 | C+ | A | D− | D− |
| Sains-du-Nord | 2,755 | 3.6 | C− | A− | C+ | D |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries | 8,612 | 7.5 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Wignehies | 2,804 | 7.6 | C− | A | C− | D− |
| Trélon | 2,604 | 8.3 | D | B+ | C− | D |
| Fourmies | 11,449 | 8.4 | D | B+ | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns. 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 €1,126/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Avesnelles grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Avesnelles is a commune of 2,232 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de l'Avesnois. 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.