Cysoing grades A overall: better than 94% of compared French towns, and #1 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 0.7 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Cysoing 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Cysoing is better off than Nord’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €30,060 a year per consumption unit
That puts Cysoing above both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 7.4%. Cysoing has 1,250 jobs for 2,300 working residents, 0.5 per worker.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport5%
On foot5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,250
jobs based in Cysoing, 0.5 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Cysoing records less crime per resident than 76% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 77 offenses in the graded categories in Cysoing in 2025. Violence against people ran at 6.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.1 (2023–2025 average). For sexual violence and theft from vehicles, 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, 5.7% of the index here.
6.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage27
Family violence24
Other physical violence10
Vehicle theft9
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud32
Theft without violence18
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.
6.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
77
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Cysoing sees fewer deaths than Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 81 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Cysoing is below both Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 464 residents of Cysoing died, against 476 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Cysoing · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Etablissement de Sante Saint Vincent Lille
6.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive de Villeneuve D Ascq
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Cysoing costs more than in Nord’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €14.21/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Cysoing comes above both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,754/m², comes from 169 sales of houses and apartments in Cysoing from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,754/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cysoing€2,754/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,721/m²
152
€14.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.69 to €17.28/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.49/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,620
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Cysoing keeps more of its old housing than Nord or compared French towns: 12% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Cysoing, that is above both Nord’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Cysoing: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Cysoing is Pyramide de Fontenoy.
Château dit de l'Abbaye et parc de l'ancienne abbaye de Cysoing: Photo: Xederma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pyramide de Fontenoy: Photo: Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cysoing
Is Cysoing safe?
It grades A− for safety, #27 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cysoing good?
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns and #10 of 195 in Nord. 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.
Is Cysoing expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,754/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cysoing grades C for cost of living.
About Cysoing
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Cysoing is a commune of 4,839 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
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.
