Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,580 people, lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Schools do well: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for walkability (C). A 70 m² home at the median €1,944/m² costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Bouvignies 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.
The 2 things Bouvignies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bouvignies 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.
Bouvignies 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 Bouvignies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Flines-lez-Raches, 2.8 mi away.
20% 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 Bouvignies.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 3.3 mi away. For collège, the closest is 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 70 | 89%−1 pt |
| Collège Marguerite YourcenarBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 71 | 97%+8 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 Bouvignies is Ch Douai Dechy, 9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 123 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 100, 19% fewer. At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Bouvignies can choose among 2 GPs.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
150 jobs are based in Bouvignies, for 700 working residents (0.2 per worker). Unemployment stood at 5.9%, below Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. One in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,944/m²: 41 houses and apartments sold in Bouvignies between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €10.15/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.64/m² a month, above Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,944/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% of residents are 65 or over, near Nord’s towns (19%) and lower than compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 20% of the population here. Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Bouvignies | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
All told, Bouvignies had 7 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 5.4. The graded crime recorded most locally was family violence (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, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 86.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums and heritage in and near Bouvignies. Best known first.
Nothing in Bouvignies 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 Bouvignies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvignies | 1,580 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Marchiennes | 4,507 | 2 | A− | C | A | C |
| Beuvry-la-Forêt | 2,861 | 2.2 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Coutiches | 3,436 | 2.2 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Flines-lez-Raches | 5,745 | 2.6 | D | C− | B+ | D |
| Orchies | 8,396 | 2.8 | B− | B− | C− | C− |
| Landas | 2,518 | 3.6 | — | B− | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bouvignies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 85% of compared French towns. 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 €1,944/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bouvignies grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Bouvignies is a commune of 1,580 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 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.