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With 43 residents, it is a town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.

Is Choisies a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Choisies has none. 15% of residents are 15 to 24.

What makes Choisies stand out

The one thing Choisies does most differently from other towns.

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Choisies’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Choisies’ story

No historic monuments in Choisies

The Culture ministry lists no building in Choisies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne poterie Gibon, in Ferrière-la-Petite, 1.9 mi away.

58% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Choisies.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Choisies than in Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 4.2% are under 15

People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, higher than both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 15% of the town. Choisies has a median age of 53.5.

53.5median age
ChoisiesNord medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat7%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Choisies
ChoisiesNord medianFrance median
Under 154.2%19%17%
15–2415%12%11%
25–448.3%24%23%
45–6444%25%26%
65+29%19%22%
No diploma23%23%19%
CAP or BEP33%26%26%
Baccalauréat7%18%18%
Higher education30%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Choisies has lower unemployment than Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 4.2%

17.4% of Choisies’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Choisies, 0.4 per working resident
4.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
17%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Choisies than in Nord’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.47/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

€9.47/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Choisies€9.47/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Nord median€11.81/m²
€9.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.78 to €11.53/m² a month)
€7.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée de la Cour des Potiers and 3 more in and around Choisies

Museums, family days out and heritage in and near Choisies. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Choisies

12pages on Choisies

Landmarks

Nothing in Choisies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Choisies

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Choisies yet.

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Choisies’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Nord →
Ferrière-la-GrandeRousiesLouvroilBoussoisMarpentMaubeugeFerrière-la-GrandeRousiesLouvroilBoussoisMarpentMaubeugeChoisies
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Choisies43—————
Ferrière-la-Grande5,1313.4DB−B−D−
Rousies3,9804.4C−B−A−D−
Louvroil6,2945.1D−BDD−
Boussois3,1235.4B−B−A−D−
Marpent2,6535.7CB−C+C+
Maubeuge28,7675.9D−B−DD

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Choisies

Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France

Choisies is a commune of 43 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

Population
43 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de l'Avesnois
Département
Nord (59)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
1 sq mi (2.5 km²)
INSEE code
59147

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.