Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,861 residents and lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Beuvry-la-Forêt’s strongest is schools: bac results 1.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2.1 points above the expected rate. At €2,188/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Beuvry-la-Forêt has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Beuvry-la-Forêt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beuvry-la-Forêt 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.
Beuvry-la-Forêt has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Beuvry-la-Forêt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour à diables, in Orchies, 2.2 mi away.
17% 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 Beuvry-la-Forêt.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Beuvry-la-Forêt, 97.7% passed the bac, above Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Schools rank #6 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du PévèleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 225 | 94%+1 pt |
| Lycée Notre-Dame de la Providence PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 86 | 99%+2 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame de la Providence PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 128 | 100%+4 pts |
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.
The nearest emergency department to Beuvry-la-Forêt is Hopital de Denain, 10 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 282 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 326, 16% more. 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. 3 GPs practise in the town.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,188/m²: 84 houses and apartments sold in Beuvry-la-Forêt between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.80/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €12.64/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,188/m² | 84 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. The age that splits Beuvry-la-Forêt in two is 44.1. Children under 15 make up 17%, below Nord’s towns (19%) and close to compared French towns (17%).
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Beuvry-la-Forêt | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Beuvry-la-Forêt number 750, against 1,250 residents in work (0.6 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €28,750 a year per consumption unit, above Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 7.8% of working residents in Beuvry-la-Forêt went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Beuvry-la-Forêt. Best known first.
Nothing in Beuvry-la-Forêt 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 Beuvry-la-Forêt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beuvry-la-Forêt | 2,861 | — | — | B | — | C+ |
| Landas | 2,518 | 1.4 | — | B− | — | C |
| Orchies | 8,396 | 1.9 | B− | B− | C− | C− |
| Marchiennes | 4,507 | 2.9 | A− | C | A | C |
| Coutiches | 3,436 | 3.6 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Nomain | 2,651 | 3.6 | — | B− | — | C |
| Flines-lez-Raches | 5,745 | 4.7 | D | C− | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Beuvry-la-Forêt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 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 92% of compared French towns and #6 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 99% of 86 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame de la Providence in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €2,188/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Beuvry-la-Forêt grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Beuvry-la-Forêt is a commune of 2,861 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 November 4, 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.