Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,775 people live in this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Where it falls short is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for schools, B− for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bois-Grenier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bois-Grenier 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.
Bois-Grenier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bois-Grenier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Observatoire militaire 1914-1918, in Frelinghien, 5.2 mi away.
1.4% 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 Bois-Grenier.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.58/m² a month, above Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. The sales split: 87% houses, the rest apartments. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 54 homes in Bois-Grenier.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,038/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
20% are under 15, above both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). At 41.6, the median resident of Bois-Grenier sits in the middle of the age range. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Bois-Grenier | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 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.
Near Bois-Grenier, 94.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and above Nord’s towns (90.4%). Vocational results within 5 km: 80% passed the bac pro, of 167 candidates at 2 lycées. For collège, the closest is 2.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Charles PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 52 | 92%+6 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Jude PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 250 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Jude PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 160 | 99%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 6.7% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Bois-Grenier can choose among 4 GPs. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 121 residents of Bois-Grenier died, against 138 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Violence against people averaged 5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14.6. Bois-Grenier’s tally for 2025: 31 recorded offenses. Also worth knowing: the graded crime recorded most here was burglary (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 29.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Bois-Grenier. Best known first.
Nothing in Bois-Grenier is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bois-Grenier.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bois-Grenier | 1,775 | — | — | D | — | B− |
| Fleurbaix Pas-de-Calais | 2,947 | 1.8 | — | C− | — | A |
| La Chapelle-d'Armentières | 8,754 | 1.8 | B | C− | C+ | B |
| Erquinghem-Lys | 5,341 | 2.3 | B+ | C− | A | C+ |
| Armentières | 26,998 | 2.9 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Houplines | 7,921 | 3.4 | C | C | C+ | C− |
| Nieppe | 7,764 | 3.8 | B− | C | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bois-Grenier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 250 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Jude in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bois-Grenier grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Bois-Grenier is a commune of 1,775 people in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. 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.