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1,169 residents make their home in this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (B+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car (D). Incomes are on the low side: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Cappelle-Brouck 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 Cappelle-Brouck 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.
Cappelle-Brouck has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cappelle-Brouck, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
14% 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 Cappelle-Brouck.
4.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 8.9% are unemployed. Households’ median disposable income: €25,240 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Life expectancy in Nord: 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 71 deaths in Cappelle-Brouck from 2016 to 2025; there were 80, 13% more. The nearest emergency department to Cappelle-Brouck is Polyclinique de Grande Synthe, 8.1 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9% of the town, below both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 29% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Cappelle-Brouck | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
29 houses and apartments changed hands in Cappelle-Brouck from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; 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 Cappelle-Brouck, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Cappelle-Brouck has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur: Photo: Floflo62 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cappelle-Brouck 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cappelle-Brouck | 1,169 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Bourbourg | 6,931 | 3.4 | C+ | B− | C | D− |
| Watten | 2,564 | 4.7 | B+ | A− | A− | D |
| Éperlecques Pas-de-Calais | 3,737 | 6.3 | — | B− | — | D− |
| Audruicq Pas-de-Calais | 5,309 | 6.5 | B | B+ | B | D |
| Loon-Plage | 5,952 | 6.6 | C | B− | B+ | D− |
| Gravelines | 11,430 | 7.7 | C+ | C | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cappelle-Brouck has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Cappelle-Brouck is a commune of 1,169 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) · 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.