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It is a town of 1,209 residents in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Cartignies’s strongest subject is cost of living (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 10.4% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Cartignies 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 one thing Cartignies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cartignies 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.
Cartignies 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 Cartignies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, 4.4 mi away.
41% 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 Cartignies.
A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Nord’s towns (13.2%). Households’ median disposable income: €23,940 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Homes sold for a median €1,545/m², below Nord’s towns (€1,810/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. 45 houses and apartments changed hands in Cartignies from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,545/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Cartignies is Centre hospitalier de Fourmies, 10.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 115 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 106, 8% fewer. In Nord, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises here.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
19% are under 15, about level with Nord’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 12% of residents. Half the people of Cartignies are older than 42.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Cartignies | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Cartignies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Cartignies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartignies | 1,209 | — | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 4,012 | 4.4 | C+ | A | D− | D− |
| Sains-du-Nord | 2,755 | 7.3 | C− | A− | C+ | D |
| Landrecies | 3,407 | 7.5 | C | A+ | C− | D |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries | 8,612 | 8.1 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Berlaimont | 3,159 | 8.4 | C− | B | B | C |
| Wignehies | 2,804 | 8.6 | C− | A | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cartignies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 10.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cartignies grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Cartignies is a commune of 1,209 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de l'Avesnois. 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 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.