Bouchain grades D overall: better than 9% of compared French towns, and #147 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 9.3 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,560/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Bouchain 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Bouchain’s ages would predict, 112 per 100 expected, above Nord’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Bouchain above both Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 627 residents of Bouchain died, against 449 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+12%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw140
Adjusted112
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Bouchain · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital de Denain
4.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital de Denain
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bouchain has higher unemployment than Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 15.1%
On this, Bouchain is above both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bouchain has 1,450 jobs for 1,500 working residents, 1 per worker. The median disposable income is €23,250 a year per consumption unit.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,450
jobs based in Bouchain, 1 per working resident
15.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Bouchain has less crime per resident than 60% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 72 offenses in the graded categories in Bouchain in 2025. For burglary 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, 6.0% of the index here.
10.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence31
Criminal damage20
Other physical violence11
Sexual violence5
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Fraud26
Drug use13
Theft without violence11
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.
10.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
72
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
History
4 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Bouchain: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). 3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Timothée Trimm: Unknown Unknown . Upload, stitch and restoration by Jebulon, Public domain · Amédée Dherbecourt: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain · François Théry-Falligan: Ecole française du XIXe siècle, Public domain · Léopold Desbrosses: Jean-François Millet, Public domain
Bouchain’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bouchain
Is Bouchain safe?
It grades B for safety, #53 of 189 in Nord.
Are schools in Bouchain good?
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns and #193 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bouchain expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.04/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bouchain grades C+ for cost of living.
About Bouchain
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Bouchain is a commune of 4,113 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. 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
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.
