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A town of 1,869 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Écaillon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Écaillon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Écaillon 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 1 historic monument in Écaillon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1999.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Écaillon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Écaillon comes below both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert DesnosNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 97 | 60%−16 pts |
| Lycée Louis PasteurNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 305 | 97%+3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel René CassinBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 40 | 72%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Écaillon, that is above both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €21,560 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 303 residents of Écaillon died, against 208 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 45% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Écaillon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 31 sales of houses and apartments in Écaillon from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,810/m² for the median of compared towns in Nord.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,561/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Écaillon sits below both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 13% of the population.
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Écaillon | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 26 offenses in the graded categories in Écaillon in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft 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, 32.8% of the index here.
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
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Écaillon. Best known first.
Écaillon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bonsecours: Photo: JackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Écaillon yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Écaillon | 1,869 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Masny | 3,999 | 0.9 | D− | B− | C+ | D |
| Auberchicourt | 4,626 | 1.2 | C− | B− | B | D |
| Pecquencourt | 6,092 | 2 | D | C+ | C | D− |
| Aniche | 9,963 | 2 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Montigny-en-Ostrevent | 4,495 | 2.1 | C | C+ | A− | C− |
| Monchecourt | 2,516 | 2.5 | — | B− | — | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Écaillon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.5 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 97% of 305 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Louis Pasteur in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.21/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Écaillon grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Écaillon is a commune of 1,869 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Ostrevent. 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 October 30, 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.