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Home to 3,159 people, this town lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Berlaimont’s weakest subject is jobs & income (D−) — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 13.2% unemployment. Schools are weaker too: bac results 2.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2 points below the expected rate. On safety it is strong (B) — an average of 10.3 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. A 70 m² home at the median €1,150/m² costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre. The overall grade comes out at C−, #99 of 189 in Nord. Set against the rest, it does better than a quarter of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Berlaimont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Berlaimont 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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Berlaimont has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Olivier Durieux, born in 1830, is the one person born in Berlaimont before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Berlaimont.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #168 of 195 in Nord. At the general lycée, 95% of 58 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gilles de ChinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 83%−4 pts |
| Institution Sainte Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 58 | 95%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Berlaimont records 97 deaths per 100 expected, between Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). 484 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 408: 19% above. The nearest emergency department to Berlaimont is Ch de Maubeuge Mco, 9.7 mi away. In Nord, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
13.2% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Nord’s towns (13.2%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 5.0% of Berlaimont’s working residents to work at the census. Also worth knowing: at the census, 4.3% of working residents in Berlaimont didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
54 offenses were reported in Berlaimont during 2025. In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes here.
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, armed robbery, 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, 9.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Berlaimont is Église Saint-Michel.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
17% are under 15, below Nord’s towns (19%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 11% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Berlaimont | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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 €1,150/m²: 107 houses and apartments sold in Berlaimont between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €7.38/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,150/m² | 107 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Berlaimont has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Michel: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
3 notable people were born in Berlaimont.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlaimont | 3,159 | — | C− | B | B | C |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries | 8,612 | 1.5 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Hautmont | 14,152 | 5.8 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Bavay | 3,249 | 6.3 | C | A | C− | D |
| Landrecies | 3,407 | 7.6 | C | A+ | C− | D |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 4,012 | 7.7 | C+ | A | D− | D− |
| Louvroil | 6,294 | 7.8 | D− | B | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #52 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #168 of 195 in Nord. 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 €1,150/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Berlaimont grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Berlaimont is a commune of 3,159 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre. 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.