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A town of 1,445 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Bollezeele 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 0% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Bollezeele does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bollezeele 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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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bollezeele, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
20% 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 Bollezeele.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Bollezeele has 2 family doctors. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, lower than Nord’s towns (105) yet higher than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 214 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 327, 53% more. The nearest emergency department to Bollezeele is Polyclinique de Grande Synthe, 10 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,607/m², close to Nord’s towns (€1,810/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Bollezeele recorded 41 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,607/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For its 600 residents in work, Bollezeele has 350 jobs: 0.6 each. The median disposable income was €24,590 a year per consumption unit, near Nord’s towns (€23,900) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 10.9% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bollezeele, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, higher than both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Ages in Bollezeele split evenly at 45.5: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Bollezeele | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Bollezeele has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Wandrille: Photo: Leroypy · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Bollezeele as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bollezeele | 1,445 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Watten | 2,564 | 5.6 | B+ | A− | A− | D |
| Wormhout | 5,584 | 6.1 | A | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Bourbourg | 6,931 | 8 | C+ | B− | C | D− |
| Éperlecques Pas-de-Calais | 3,737 | 8 | — | B− | — | D− |
| Bergues | 3,525 | 8.4 | B | C | B | D |
| Saint-Omer Pas-de-Calais | 14,382 | 8.4 | C− | B− | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bollezeele has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bollezeele grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Bollezeele is a commune of 1,445 people in the Communauté de communes des Hauts de Flandre. 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.