Flines-lez-Raches grades low on several counts. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The town’s overall grade, D, puts it better than just over a tenth of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #137 of 189 in Nord. Schools are weaker too: brevet results at the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,959/m² takes 6.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. Safety is its strong suit — an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 11.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
Each subject compares Flines-lez-Raches 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.
Église Saint-Michel: Photo: Ottaviani · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Flines-lez-Raches.
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Flines-lez-Raches run above what its ages would predict: 108 per 100 expected, more than Nord’s towns or compared French towns
+8%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Flines-lez-Raches can choose among 4 GPs. At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 433 residents of Flines-lez-Raches died, against 400 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. The nearest emergency department to Flines-lez-Raches is Ch Douai Dechy, 7 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted108
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Flines-lez-Raches · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Douai Dechy
6.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Douai Dechy
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Flines-lez-Raches costs more than in Nord’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €14.66/m² a month
€1,959/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
169 sales of houses and apartments in Flines-lez-Raches, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,959/m². Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Flines-lez-Raches€1,959/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,980/m²
166
€14.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.97 to €17.96/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.49/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,540
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Flines-lez-Raches than in 73% of compared French towns
5.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
The graded crime recorded most in Flines-lez-Raches was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 113 offenses were recorded locally. Police and gendarmerie recorded 113 offenses in the graded categories locally in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage42
Family violence27
Burglary13
Sexual violence12
Vehicle theft12
Theft from vehicles7
Armed robbery0
Fraud36
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.
5.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
113
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (3.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Flines-lez-Raches is a graduates’ town: 35% hold a degree, more than in Nord’s towns or compared French towns
41.8median age
The share of residents under 15 is 19%. Line up the people of Flines-lez-Raches by age and the one in the middle is 41.8. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Nord’s towns (12%).
Flines-lez-RachesNord medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Flines-lez-Raches has 2 historic monuments, 1 classé
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in Flines-lez-Raches is Église Saint-Michel. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Only 7.8% of commuters in Flines-lez-Raches go to work without a car, fewer than in Nord’s towns and compared French towns
8%walk, cycle or take transit
A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Nord’s towns (13.2%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Flines-lez-Raches counts 0.4 jobs (1,000 jobs, 2,550 workers). After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,580 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,000
jobs based in Flines-lez-Raches, 0.4 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,580
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 43% of compared French towns
Flines-lez-Raches is a commune of 5,745 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
Population
5,745 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo
Département
Nord (59)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
7.4 sq mi (19.2 km²)
INSEE code
59239
Flines-lez-Raches’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Flines-lez-Raches
Is Flines-lez-Raches safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #32 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 42 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Flines-lez-Raches good?
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #170 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Flines-lez-Raches expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,959/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Flines-lez-Raches grades C− for cost of living.
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.
