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A town of 11,449 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Fourmies grades D overall: better than 15% of compared French towns, and #130 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is safety (D−): an average of 23.1 recorded violent incidents and 21.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,016/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Sud Avesnois. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 52% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Fourmies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fourmies 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 Fourmies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Hiltrude, in Liessies, 6.7 mi away.
13% 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 Fourmies.
The police record for Fourmies lists 499 offenses in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Fourmies (4,650 to 3,300): it draws people in from around. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (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 armed robbery 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, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
6 GPs practise in Fourmies. In Nord, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,083 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,481, 37% 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.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €18,550 a year per consumption unit. 18.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
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 €1,016/m²: 317 houses and apartments sold in Fourmies between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,016/m² | 313 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above Nord’s towns (19%) and close to compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 13% of residents. Fourmies has a median age of 42.5 years.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Fourmies | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 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.
Its collèges and lycées rank #109 of 195 in Nord on results. The bac pass rate near Fourmies is 91.3%, near Nord’s towns (90.4%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léo LagrangeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 66 | 68%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Camille ClaudelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 123 | 97%+4 pts |
| Institution Saint-Pierre PrivateBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 43 | 93%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Fourmies. Best known first.
Nothing in Fourmies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
16 notable people were born in Fourmies.
Chloé Galet: Daieuxetdailleurs, CC BY 4.0 · Sarasara: SARASARA, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Typhanie Degois: MartinBois, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Antoon Krings: Boungawa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ernest Couteaux: PMRMaeyaert, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Georges Delvallée: Jean-Loup C568, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourmies | 11,449 | — | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Wignehies | 2,804 | 1.9 | C− | A | C− | D− |
| Anor | 3,099 | 3.1 | C+ | A− | B+ | D− |
| Trélon | 2,604 | 3.7 | D | B+ | C− | D |
| Sains-du-Nord | 2,755 | 5.5 | C− | A− | C+ | D |
| Hirson Aisne | 8,469 | 6.8 | C− | A− | D− | D |
| Saint-Michel Aisne | 3,199 | 7.8 | C | A | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D− for safety, #178 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 181 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #109 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 97% of 123 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Camille Claudel in 2025, 4 points above 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 €1,016/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fourmies grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Fourmies is a commune of 11,449 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud Avesnois. 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.