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1,233 people call this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France home. 15- to 24-year-olds are 14% of the population.
Étrœungt’s strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 12.0% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: nearly three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Étrœungt 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 2 things Étrœungt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Étrœungt 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.
Étrœungt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Étrœungt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, 4.2 mi away.
55% 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 Étrœungt.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Nord, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 113 deaths in Étrœungt from 2016 to 2025; there were 158, 40% more. The nearest emergency department to Étrœungt is Centre hospitalier de Fourmies, 6.6 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners here.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.66/m² a month, lower than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €6.51/m² a month. The market in Étrœungt: 40 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €792/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, between Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Households’ median disposable income: €23,040 a year per consumption unit. Also worth knowing: at the census, 9.0% of working residents in Étrœungt didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A fifth of adults hold a degree, below Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up a fifth of residents. Half of Étrœungt is older than 43.1, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Étrœungt | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Étrœungt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Étrœungt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étrœungt | 1,233 | — | — | A− | — | D− |
| Sains-du-Nord | 2,755 | 4.2 | C− | A− | C+ | D |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 4,012 | 4.3 | C+ | A | D− | D− |
| Wignehies | 2,804 | 4.7 | C− | A | C− | D− |
| Fourmies | 11,449 | 6.1 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Trélon | 2,604 | 7.6 | D | B+ | C− | D |
| Anor | 3,099 | 9.1 | C+ | A− | B+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Étrœungt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 10.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Étrœungt grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Étrœungt is a commune of 1,233 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de l'Avesnois. 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.