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A town of 2,278 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Faumont has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,549/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. Its strongest is schools (B+): brevet results 0.8 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Faumont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Faumont 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 Faumont as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Flines-lez-Raches, 2.6 mi away.
14% 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 Faumont.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Faumont. Life expectancy at birth in Nord is 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 164 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 137: 20% above. The nearest emergency department to Faumont is Clinique Saint Ame, 7.5 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Unemployment stood at 5.6%, lower than both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.9% of commuters at the census. Jobs located in Faumont: 200, for 1,100 residents in work (0.2 each).
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.
69 sales of houses and apartments in Faumont, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,549/m². House rents are put at about €10.43/m² a month. Houses were 99% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,554/m² | 68 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 20%, higher than both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). 16% of residents are 65 or over. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Faumont | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 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.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.9 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 70 | 89%−1 pt |
| Collège Docteur Ernest SchaffnerBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 122 | 92%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 25 offenses in Faumont in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 7.9. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (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, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 47.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums and heritage in and near Faumont. Best known first.
Nothing in Faumont is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Faumont.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faumont | 2,278 | — | — | D | — | D− |
| Raimbeaucourt | 4,000 | 2.2 | C | C | A | D |
| Râches | 2,672 | 2.6 | C− | C | B− | C− |
| Coutiches | 3,436 | 2.8 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Roost-Warendin | 5,956 | 3.1 | D− | C | B− | D− |
| Flines-lez-Raches | 5,745 | 3.1 | D | C− | B+ | D |
| Leforest Pas-de-Calais | 7,060 | 3.5 | C | C | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Faumont has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns. 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 €2,549/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Faumont grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Faumont is a commune of 2,278 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. 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.