Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 3,214 people live in this town, in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Fretin’s strongest subject is jobs & income: 2.9 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. What counts against it is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes a B, good for #31 of 189 in Nord. It comes out better than 61% of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Fretin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fretin 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 →
Fretin has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1978.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fretin.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.3 mi away. Results rank its schools #18 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Charlemagne PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 170 | 100%+3 pts |
| Collège Théodore MonodBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 124 | 91%+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.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.38/m² a month, higher than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 99% were houses. 115 houses and apartments changed hands in Fretin from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,881/m² | 114 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 17.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Unemployment stood at 7.0%, lower than both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Adjusted for age and care homes, Fretin records 96 deaths per 100 expected, below Nord’s towns (105) but above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 225 residents of Fretin died, against 235 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents. Half of Fretin is older than 42.1, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Fretin | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs outnumber working residents in Fretin (4,300 to 1,500): it draws people in from around. Violence against people ran at 5.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 19 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie figures for Fretin show 80 offenses in 2025. Theft from vehicles topped the graded crimes in Fretin (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 · Small counts of other physical violence and sexual violence go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 9.3% of the index here. 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Fretin has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Protection here reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Fretin. Best known first.
Fretin has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Motte féodale: Photo: Travail personnel · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Fretin.
Mathieu Debuchy: Ed g2s, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fretin | 3,214 | — | B | D | C+ | C |
| Sainghin-en-Mélantois | 2,840 | 2.5 | B− | D | B | D |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle | 7,202 | 2.5 | A− | C | A− | D |
| Avelin | 2,561 | 2.6 | A− | C | B | A− |
| Lesquin | 9,600 | 2.6 | C− | D | D− | C+ |
| Pont-à-Marcq | 3,016 | 2.7 | A | C | B+ | C+ |
| Cysoing | 4,839 | 3.5 | A | C | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #93 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #18 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fretin grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Fretin is a commune of 3,214 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 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.
