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2,474 people call this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France home.
Where it does best is walkability (A−): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It is strong on safety as well (B+): an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 12.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homes sell for a median €1,950/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole. Its lowest grade is for health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Famars 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 Famars does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Famars 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.
Famars has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Famars: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Famars.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. After the care-home adjustment, Famars’ deaths ran at 104 per 100 expected, about level with Nord’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 193 residents of Famars died, against 186 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Per resident in work, Famars counts 0.8 jobs (750 jobs, 1,000 workers). Unemployment stood at 11.8%, between Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Famars didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Behind the median of €1,950/m²: 82 houses and apartments sold in Famars between July 2023 and June 2026. The split in the town: €1,714/m² for houses, €2,118/m² for apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.54/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,714/m² | 49 |
| Apartments | €2,118/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for Famars show 41 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 22.3% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Famars is Vestiges archéologiques antiques et médiévaux. 3.6% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 0.7 mi away. At the five general lycées, 95% of 788 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Madame d'ÉpinayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 88%+3 pts |
| Lycée Dampierre PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 29 | 100% |
| Lycée polyvalent La Sagesse PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 96 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 12% of residents are under 15. Degrees are held by 42% of adults, higher than both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Famars has a median age of 42.7 years.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Famars | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 24% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Famars. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Arts et de l'Archéologie de Valenciennes4.4 km north, in ValenciennesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Fontenelle2 km west, in MaingFortFortTour de la Dodenne4 km north, in ValenciennesFortFortCitadelle de Valenciennes4.4 km north, in ValenciennesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Valenciennes4.5 km north, in ValenciennesMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Dames de Beaumont4.2 km north, in ValenciennesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Famars has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Famars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Famars | 2,474 | — | — | C | B+ | C− |
| Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes | 7,080 | 0.9 | D | C+ | C | D |
| Maing | 3,954 | 1.6 | C | B− | A | D |
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 6,019 | 1.6 | D | B− | C− | D− |
| Marly | 11,995 | 2.1 | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Valenciennes | 43,468 | 2.6 | D− | C | D− | C− |
| La Sentinelle | 3,103 | 2.8 | D− | B− | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 42% of compared French towns. 100% of 29 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Dampierre in 2025 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 €1,950/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.65/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Famars grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Famars is a commune of 2,474 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole. 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.