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This town in Nord, Hauts-de-France has a population of 2,179.
Fournes-en-Weppes’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on jobs & income — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 4.9% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Fournes-en-Weppes 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 one thing Fournes-en-Weppes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fournes-en-Weppes 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.
Fournes-en-Weppes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Fournes-en-Weppes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Piat, in Seclin, 6.7 mi away.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1999.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fournes-en-Weppes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. 172 deaths in Fournes-en-Weppes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 227: 24% below. There are 2 general practitioners here.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Fournes-en-Weppes is 100.0%, higher than both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.6 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 335 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 337 | 100%+3 pts |
| Lycée Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 335 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Estimated advertised rent for houses: €13.09/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 99% were houses. Sales in Fournes-en-Weppes from July 2023 to June 2026: 76 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,776/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 4.9%. At the census, 7.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents. 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Fournes-en-Weppes are older than 46.1.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Fournes-en-Weppes | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 52% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
The graded crime recorded most in Fournes-en-Weppes was criminal damage (2025). In all, 16 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 10 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.4 (2023–2025 average).
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 42.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Fournes-en-Weppes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Fournes-en-Weppes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fournes-en-Weppes | 2,179 | — | — | C− | — | A+ |
| Sainghin-en-Weppes | 5,638 | 1.9 | B+ | C− | A− | C |
| Wavrin | 7,758 | 2.6 | C+ | C− | B− | D |
| Santes | 5,652 | 3.2 | A | D | A− | A |
| Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin | 4,683 | 3.6 | B | D | C | B |
| Salomé | 3,182 | 4.3 | B− | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Allennes-les-Marais | 3,545 | 4.4 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fournes-en-Weppes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.75/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fournes-en-Weppes grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Fournes-en-Weppes is a commune of 2,179 people in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. 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.