Cassel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,751/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Cassel 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cassel.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
On foot, Cassel works better than 79% of compared French towns
17.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €26,430 a year per consumption unit. Cassel has 750 jobs for 900 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot8%
Public transport8%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
750
jobs based in Cassel, 0.8 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 79% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Cassel’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 77% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Cassel records 99 deaths per 100 expected, below Nord’s towns (105) but above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 316 residents of Cassel died, against 240 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw132
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Cassel · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Hazebrouck
5.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Hazebrouck
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,751/m², comes from 82 sales of houses and apartments in Cassel from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.04/m² a month, close to Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,751/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cassel€1,751/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,751/m²
80
€11.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.46 to €12.88/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Cassel than in Nord or compared French towns: 45 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Cassel sits above both Nord’s towns (0) and compared French towns (2.5) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Cassel: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Cassel is Ancien Hôtel de ville.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
11% of residents are 15 to 24 and 23% are 65 or over, against 12% and 19% in the median compared commune of Nord. 33% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Nord 26%, France 30%).
45.1median age
CasselNord medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Cassel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 23 offenses in the graded categories in Cassel in 2025. For other physical violence and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 28.2% of the index here.
4.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Sexual violence7
Family violence6
Burglary5
Criminal damage5
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud10
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.
4.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
28.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ancien Hôtel de ville: Photo: Édition Catoen-Vermeulen; Mercerie - Cliché P. L. · Public domain · Ancien Collège des Jésuites: Photo: Daniel Villafruela . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château Vandamme: Photo: M. T. I. L., pour Maurice Tesson Imprimeur Limoges · Public domain · Collégiale Notre-Dame: Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cassel
Is Cassel safe?
Cassel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 11.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cassel good?
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cassel expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,751/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cassel grades B+ for cost of living.
About Cassel
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Cassel is a commune of 2,198 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
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.
