Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Nord, Hauts-de-France has a population of 10,109.
A tough set of grades. At D− overall, Douchy-les-Mines is better than 4% of compared French towns and ranks #169 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 20.2% unemployment. It is easy to get around without a car: nearly nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,342/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. Schools lag: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 0.9 points below the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and 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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Douchy-les-Mines does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Douchy-les-Mines 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Douchy-les-Mines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pyramide commémorative de la bataille de Denain, in Haulchin, 1.7 mi away.
2.9% 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 Douchy-les-Mines.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 986 residents of Douchy-les-Mines died, against 723 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% more. For a family doctor, residents of Douchy-les-Mines can choose among 5 GPs.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 79% passed the bac pro, of 323 candidates at 3 lycées. The bac pass rate near Douchy-les-Mines is 85.4%, below both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #177 of 195 in Nord on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Émile LittréNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 123 | 67%−9 pts |
| Lycée Jules MousseronNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 204 | 92%+1 pt |
| Collège Félicien JolyBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 87%+16 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €19,780 a year per consumption unit. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Douchy-les-Mines didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Douchy-les-Mines was criminal damage (2025). Its tally for 2025: 276 recorded offenses. Graded property crimes ran at 15.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 11.9 (2023–2025 average).
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 make up 21% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 13% of residents, above both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). 18% of residents have reached 65.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Douchy-les-Mines | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,342/m², comes from 227 sales of houses and apartments in Douchy-les-Mines from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €9.13/m² a month. The sales split: 99% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,342/m² | 225 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and family days out in and near Douchy-les-Mines. Best known first.
Nothing in Douchy-les-Mines is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Douchy-les-Mines.
Robert Mintkiewicz: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douchy-les-Mines | 10,109 | — | D− | B− | C | D− |
| Neuville-sur-Escaut | 2,901 | 1.7 | C− | B− | B+ | D |
| Denain | 20,665 | 1.7 | D− | B+ | D− | D− |
| Lourches | 3,734 | 1.8 | D− | B+ | D | D− |
| Thiant | 2,914 | 2.5 | D− | C | B− | D− |
| Rœulx | 3,743 | 2.6 | C | B | A− | D− |
| Haspres | 2,626 | 3.1 | C− | B+ | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #114 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 92 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 15% of compared French towns and #177 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 92% of 204 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jules Mousseron 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,342/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Douchy-les-Mines grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Douchy-les-Mines is a commune of 10,109 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. 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.
