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A town of 1,898 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Bachy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,986/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 0.7 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Bachy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bachy 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 Bachy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pyramide de Fontenoy, in Cysoing, 2.2 mi away.
15% 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 Bachy.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.8% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 6.8%, below both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bachy has 200 jobs for 850 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Bachy, 98.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 73% passed the bac pro, of 30 candidates. The nearest collège is 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 213 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Charlotte PerriandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 378 | 99%±0 pts |
| Institut de Genech PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 264 | 100%+1 pt |
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, €2,986/m², comes from 59 sales of houses and apartments in Bachy from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 88% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,128/m² | 52 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 21%, above Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Bachy | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
95 deaths in Bachy between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 112: 15% below. The nearest emergency department to Bachy is Etablissement de Sante Saint Vincent Lille, 9.6 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Nord is 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Nothing in Bachy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bachy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachy | 1,898 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| Genech | 2,803 | 2 | — | C | — | C |
| Cysoing | 4,839 | 2.5 | A | C | A− | B+ |
| Camphin-en-Pévèle | 2,518 | 3.2 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Nomain | 2,651 | 3.3 | — | B− | — | C |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle | 7,202 | 4.1 | A− | C | A− | D |
| Baisieux | 5,545 | 4.7 | A− | D | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bachy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 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 86% of compared French towns. 99% of 378 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charlotte Perriand in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,986/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bachy grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Bachy is a commune of 1,898 people in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. 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.