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2,257 people live in this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Cappelle-en-Pévèle’s best grade is for jobs & income: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 4.9% unemployment. Add schools to its strengths (A−): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,938/m² takes 6.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Cappelle-en-Pévèle 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-en-Pévèle 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-en-Pévèle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Cappelle-en-Pévèle does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cappelle-en-Pévèle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour à diables, in Orchies, 3.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Cappelle-en-Pévèle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cappelle-en-Pévèle.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Cappelle-en-Pévèle, 98.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Simone VeilNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 180 | 97%+1 pt |
| Institut de Genech PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 264 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 20%, higher than both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 16% of the population. People aged 15 to 24 make up 12% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Cappelle-en-Pévèle | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €30,780 a year. Public transport took 8.8% of Cappelle-en-Pévèle’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Cappelle-en-Pévèle didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
3 GPs practise in Cappelle-en-Pévèle. Adjusted mortality here: 95 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 131 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 125, 5% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Cappelle-en-Pévèle is Centre hospitalier de Seclin, 7.3 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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €10.43/m² a month. Sales in Cappelle-en-Pévèle from July 2023 to June 2026: 57 houses and apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.88/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 | €2,938/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Cappelle-en-Pévèle. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Cappelle-en-Pévèle.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Cappelle-en-Pévèle is a commune of 2,257 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
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-en-Pévèle | 2,257 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle | 7,202 | 1.4 | A− | C | A− | D |
| Mérignies | 3,527 | 2.4 | A | C | B | A |
| Genech | 2,803 | 2.7 | — | C | — | C |
| Pont-à-Marcq | 3,016 | 2.7 | A | C | B+ | C+ |
| Nomain | 2,651 | 3.1 | — | B− | — | C |
| Fretin | 3,214 | 3.7 | B | D | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cappelle-en-Pévèle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 264 candidates passed the bac at Institut de Genech in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cappelle-en-Pévèle grades C+ for cost of living.
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 November 9, 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.