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With 3,171 residents, it is a town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is walkability: 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade lands at B−, #47 of 189 in Nord. On that grade it does better than nearly half of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Escaudœuvres does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Escaudœuvres 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 Escaudœuvres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Deux menhirs dits Pierres jumelles, in Cambrai, 1.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Escaudœuvres. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de Cambrai3.3 km southwest, in CambraiCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de Cambrai3.2 km southwest, in CambraiAttractionAttractionBeffroi de Cambrai3.1 km southwest, in CambraiFortFortPorte de Paris3.4 km southwest, in CambraiAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Denain1.8 km west, in CambraiPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Escaudœuvres.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Escaudœuvres records 101 deaths per 100 expected, below Nord’s towns (105) but above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 440 residents of Escaudœuvres died, against 354 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There are 3 general practitioners in the town.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
The median disposable income was €22,420 a year per consumption unit, below both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). 3.0% of Escaudœuvres’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.34/m² a month, below Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses were 99% of what sold. 115 houses and apartments changed hands in Escaudœuvres from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,272/m² | 114 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
23% of adults hold a degree, below Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Under-15s account for 16% of the population. Escaudœuvres has a median age of 46.2 years.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Escaudœuvres | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 83% passed the bac pro, of 460 candidates at 3 lycées. For collège, the closest is 1.7 mi away. Also worth knowing: its schools’ results rank #81 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert BadinterNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 150 | 72%−3 pts |
| Lycée Paul DuezNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 471 | 96%+2 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Luc PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 142 | 96%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Escaudœuvres came to 46 in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7.9 cases of violence against people and 13.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Escaudœuvres (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 12.9% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Escaudœuvres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Escaudœuvres.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escaudœuvres | 3,171 | — | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
| Cambrai | 31,134 | 1.8 | C− | B | D | D |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy | 4,012 | 2.1 | B | A− | B− | C+ |
| Proville | 3,206 | 3.4 | B+ | B+ | A− | C− |
| Iwuy | 3,403 | 3.8 | C− | A− | C | D− |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert | 3,562 | 5.1 | C+ | B+ | C+ | D |
| Masnières | 2,689 | 6.1 | B+ | A− | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #67 of 189 in Nord.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #81 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 96% of 471 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Paul Duez 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.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Escaudœuvres grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Escaudœuvres is a commune of 3,171 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai. 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.