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A town of 2,318 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Bersée 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 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,414/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 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): brevet results a point above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Bersée does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bersée 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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Bersée has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1968.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bersée.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.2 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Simone VeilNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 180 | 97%+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.
For a family doctor, residents of Bersée can choose among 2 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Bersée is Centre hospitalier de Seclin, 7.3 mi away. 168 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 178: 6% below. 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, close to Nord’s towns (19%) and below compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Half the people of Bersée are older than 43.9.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Bersée | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century. Bersée has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,414/m², comes from 66 sales of houses and apartments in Bersée from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.43/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,435/m² | 65 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 6.9%. 9.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. For its 1,100 residents in work, Bersée has 350 jobs: 0.3 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.9 cases of violence against people and 10.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In all, 12 offenses reached the police record in Bersée in 2025. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 30.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Bersée. Best known first.
Bersée has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
église Saint-Étienne: Photo: Codepem · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bersée 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bersée | 2,318 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Mérignies | 3,527 | 2.3 | A | C | B | A |
| Coutiches | 3,436 | 3.2 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Pont-à-Marcq | 3,016 | 3.2 | A | C | B+ | C+ |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle | 7,202 | 3.5 | A− | C | A− | D |
| Thumeries | 4,170 | 3.8 | B+ | B+ | A− | D |
| Raimbeaucourt | 4,000 | 4 | C | C | A | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bersée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,414/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.17/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bersée grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Bersée is a commune of 2,318 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.