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A town of 9,039 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Escaudain grades D overall: better than 8% of compared French towns, and #154 of 189 in Nord. At the median price of €1,251/m², a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. Its strongest is walkability (B): 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Escaudain does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Escaudain 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Escaudain as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Mastaing, 2.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Escaudain.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Nord: 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 643 deaths in Escaudain from 2016 to 2025; there were 802, 25% more. The town has 3 family doctors.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Violence against people averaged 10.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 17.5. 241 offenses were reported in Escaudain during 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 · When armed robbery and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
17% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 13% of the town. Among adults, 16% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Escaudain | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Escaudain, 89.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For exam results, it comes #146 of 195 in Nord. The nearest collège is 0.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Félicien JolyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 87%+16 pts |
| Lycée Jules MousseronNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 204 | 92%+1 pt |
| Collège TurgotBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 91 | 69%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Households’ median disposable income: €19,690 a year per consumption unit.
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.
226 sales of houses and apartments in Escaudain, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,251/m². House rents are put at about €8.44/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,251/m² | 226 |
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 Escaudain. Best known first.
Nothing in Escaudain is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Escaudain.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades C− for safety, #119 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 91 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 30% of compared French towns and #146 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 €1,251/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Escaudain grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Escaudain is a commune of 9,039 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 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.