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18,619 people live in this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
A town with more to fix than most. Where it falls short is safety — an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 28.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 11.9% unemployment. Its best grade is for walkability: 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also does well on schools: bac results 0.9 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.1 points above the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €2,500/m²: 70 m² comes to 7.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Put together, the subjects come to a D overall, ranking #132 of 189 in Nord. That leaves it better than 14% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Faches-Thumesnil does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Faches-Thumesnil 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 Faches-Thumesnil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Rictrude, in Ronchin, 1.2 mi away.
2.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Faches-Thumesnil. Best known first.
MuseumPalais des Beaux-Arts de Lille3.6 km north, in Lille
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille4.6 km north, in Lille
MuseumMusée d'Histoire naturelle de Lille3.1 km north, in Lille
AttractionJardin des plantes de Lille1.8 km north, in Lille
AttractionFort de Seclin5 km south, in Seclin
MuseumHospice Comtesse4.8 km north, in LillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Faches-Thumesnil.
11.9% of the labour force were unemployed, below Nord’s towns (13.2%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €24,290 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 2.5% of working residents in Faches-Thumesnil at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Faches-Thumesnil was criminal damage (2025). For 2025, the figures show 622 offenses in the town.
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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,500/m²: 702 houses and apartments sold in Faches-Thumesnil between July 2023 and June 2026. The split in the town: €2,467/m² for houses, €2,632/m² for apartments. The sales split: 79% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,467/m² | 553 |
| Apartments | €2,632/m² | 149 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by nearly two in five adults, above Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Faches-Thumesnil | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
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 1,525 deaths in Faches-Thumesnil from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,594, 4% more. This Nord town has 18 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 85% of 675 candidates passed at the 7 vocational lycées within 5 km. On school results, the town ranks #68 of 195 in Nord. The brevet pass rate near Faches-Thumesnil is 86.6%, about level with both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MermozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 83%−8 pts |
| Lycée FaidherbeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 376 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 17 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 96 | 98%+17 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Faches-Thumesnil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Faches-Thumesnil.
Alain Griset: Teemo86, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faches-Thumesnil | 18,619 | — | D | C− | D | C |
| Ronchin | 19,787 | 0.8 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Wattignies | 15,525 | 1.5 | C | C− | C | A− |
| Lesquin | 9,600 | 1.8 | C− | D | D− | C+ |
| Templemars | 3,669 | 1.8 | C+ | D | C+ | C |
| Lezennes | 2,978 | 2.1 | C | D | D− | C |
| Lille | 238,246 | 2.3 | D | D− | D− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #153 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 78 burglaries and 191 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #68 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 99% of 376 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Faidherbe 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.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,500/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Faches-Thumesnil grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Faches-Thumesnil is a commune of 18,619 people in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. 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.
