Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,703 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Feignies grades D− overall: better than 2% of compared French towns, and #187 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 14% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,278/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Feignies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Feignies 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 Feignies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Enceinte médiévale, in Bavay, 5.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Feignies. Best known first.
FortFort de Leveauin town
ZooZoo de Maubeuge4.4 km southeast, in MaubeugeFortFortOuvrage de Feigniesin townFortFortOuvrage des Sarts4.5 km northeast, in MairieuxFortFortEnceinte de Maubeuge4.8 km southeast, in MaubeugeMuseumMuseumMusée Henri Boez4.3 km southeast, in MaubeugePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Feignies.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Feignies is above both Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 561 residents of Feignies died, against 494 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Feignies comes below both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean ZayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 73 | 66%−9 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent André LurçatNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 167 | 75%−7 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame de Grâce PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 158 | 95%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 192 offenses in the graded categories in Feignies in 2025. Violence against people ran at 11.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 17.8 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery 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, 1.2% of the index here.
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 Feignies, that is below both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 19% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Feignies | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Feignies sits above both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Feignies has 4,300 jobs for 2,350 working residents, 1.8 per worker. The median disposable income is €21,780 a year per consumption unit.
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.
That puts Feignies below both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,278/m², comes from 198 sales of houses and apartments in Feignies from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,280/m² | 197 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Feignies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Feignies.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades C− for safety, #131 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 69 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns and #183 of 195 in Nord. 75% of 167 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent André Lurçat in 2025, 7 points below the expected rate 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 €1,278/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Feignies grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Feignies is a commune of 6,703 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre. 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.