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With 6,796 residents, it is a town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
The data are hard on it. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 22.2% unemployment. Where it does best is walkability: 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,420/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole. Put together, the subjects come to a D overall, better than 14% of compared French towns. That places it #133 of 189 in Nord.
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 Beuvrages does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beuvrages 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 Beuvrages as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôpital général, in Valenciennes, 1.7 mi away.
2.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Beuvrages. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Arts et de l'Archéologie de Valenciennes3.4 km southeast, in ValenciennesChâteauChâteauChâteau Dampierre2.1 km south, in AnzinFortFortCitadelle de Valenciennes3 km south, in ValenciennesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Valenciennes3 km south, in ValenciennesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Vicogne3.4 km northwest, in RaismesFortFortTour de la Dodenne3.7 km south, in ValenciennesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beuvrages.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Beuvrages can choose among 4 GPs. 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 446 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 547, 23% more.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Median disposable income comes to €19,030 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 15.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 17% of adults, below both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents. The share aged 15 to 24 is 13%.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Beuvrages | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #137 of 195 in Nord. At the lycées within 5 km of Beuvrages, 90.9% passed the bac, close to Nord’s towns (90.4%) and below compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ÉluardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 94 | 84%+8 pts |
| Lycée de l'EscautNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 370 | 95%±0 pts |
| Lycée Dampierre PrivateBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 72 | 85%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Beuvrages (2025). Violence against people ran at 11.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.6 (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 143 offenses recorded locally.
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 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, 1.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,420/m²: 159 houses and apartments sold in Beuvrages between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.21/m² a month, lower than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 88% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,420/m² | 140 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Beuvrages is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Beuvrages 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beuvrages | 6,796 | — | D | B− | C+ | D− |
| Anzin | 13,183 | 0.8 | D | B− | D | D− |
| Raismes | 12,199 | 1 | D− | B− | D | D |
| Petite-Forêt | 5,054 | 1.6 | D | C+ | D− | D |
| Bruay-sur-l'Escaut | 11,644 | 1.7 | D | B− | C− | D− |
| Valenciennes | 43,468 | 2 | D− | C | D− | C− |
| Saint-Saulve | 10,947 | 2.4 | C | C− | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #84 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 60 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 35% of compared French towns and #137 of 195 in Nord. 95% of 370 candidates passed the bac at Lycée de l'Escaut 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 less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,420/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beuvrages grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Beuvrages is a commune of 6,796 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole. 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.