Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 582 people live in this town, in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Buysscheure is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Buysscheure as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Sylvestre, in Rubrouck, 2.6 mi away.
19% 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 Buysscheure.
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. 19% are under 15, near Nord’s towns (19%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Buysscheure has a median age of 42.1 years.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Buysscheure | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 5.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Buysscheure has 50 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The median disposable income was €25,560 a year per consumption unit, higher than Nord’s towns (€23,900) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Buysscheure recorded 13 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.90/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Buysscheure. Best known first.
Nothing in Buysscheure is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Buysscheure 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buysscheure | 582 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Omer Pas-de-Calais | 14,382 | 4.8 | C− | B− | D− | D |
| Arques Pas-de-Calais | 9,431 | 5 | C− | B− | C− | D− |
| Watten | 2,564 | 5.5 | B+ | A− | A− | D |
| Longuenesse Pas-de-Calais | 10,548 | 5.6 | C− | C+ | D | D |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem Pas-de-Calais | 5,843 | 5.9 | A− | C+ | A− | C+ |
| Blendecques Pas-de-Calais | 4,859 | 6.6 | C+ | B− | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Buysscheure is a commune of 582 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur 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) · 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.