Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 3,436 residents, it is a town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
School results are strong: bac results 1.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.6 points above the expected rate. Jobs & income is another plus (A−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Coutiches has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Coutiches does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coutiches 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.
Coutiches has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Coutiches as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Flines-lez-Raches, 1.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coutiches.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
97.7% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Coutiches, above Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The bac pro: 96% of 68 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. For exam results, it comes #11 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 70 | 89%−1 pt |
| Lycée Notre-Dame de la Providence PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 86 | 99%+2 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame de la Providence PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 128 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are a fifth of the population here. 16% of residents are 65 or over, below Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Residents of Coutiches have a median age of 40.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Coutiches | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Coutiches has 5 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Coutiches is Ch Douai Dechy, 8.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 176 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 166, 6% fewer. In Nord, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Of those in the labour force, 5.6% are unemployed. At the census, 6.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Behind the median of €2,589/m²: 97 houses and apartments sold in Coutiches between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,589/m² | 97 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 45 offenses were recorded in Coutiches. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.2 violent offenses and 6.7 graded property crimes a year. Family violence topped the graded crimes in Coutiches (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 28.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Coutiches. Best known first.
Nothing in Coutiches is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Coutiches.
José Catieau: Panini, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coutiches | 3,436 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Flines-lez-Raches | 5,745 | 1.8 | D | C− | B+ | D |
| Orchies | 8,396 | 2.7 | B− | B− | C− | C− |
| Râches | 2,672 | 3.5 | C− | C | B− | C− |
| Beuvry-la-Forêt | 2,861 | 3.6 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Nomain | 2,651 | 4.1 | — | B− | — | C |
| Marchiennes | 4,507 | 4.2 | A− | C | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Coutiches has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns and #11 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 99% of 86 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame de la Providence in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,589/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Coutiches grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Coutiches is a commune of 3,436 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
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.