Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,803 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Genech has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 5.0% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Genech does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Genech 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.
Genech has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Genech as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pyramide de Fontenoy, in Cysoing, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Genech.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Genech, 98.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. A collège lies 2.8 mi away. Also worth knowing: its schools’ results rank #23 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 213 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Charlotte PerriandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 378 | 99%±0 pts |
| Collège Simone VeilBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 180 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town. Degrees are held by half of adults, above both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Genech has a median age of 39.9 years.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Genech | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 22% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
78 sales of houses and apartments in Genech, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,778/m². House rents are put at about €12.28/m² a month. The sales split: 95% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,848/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 5.0%. At the census, 7.7% of working residents in Genech went to work by public transport.
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.
There are 4 general practitioners in Genech. The nearest emergency department to Genech is Etablissement de Sante Saint Vincent Lille, 9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 162 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 153, 6% fewer. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
The graded crime recorded most in Genech was criminal damage (2025). Its tally for 2025: 17 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 6.2.
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft 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, 44.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Genech is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Genech yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genech | 2,803 | — | — | C | — | C |
| Nomain | 2,651 | 2.2 | — | B− | — | C |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle | 7,202 | 2.2 | A− | C | A− | D |
| Cysoing | 4,839 | 2.6 | A | C | A− | B+ |
| Orchies | 8,396 | 4.1 | B− | B− | C− | C− |
| Fretin | 3,214 | 4.2 | B | D | C+ | C |
| Sainghin-en-Mélantois | 2,840 | 4.7 | B− | D | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Genech has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns and #23 of 195 in Nord. 99% of 378 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charlotte Perriand in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,778/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Genech grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Genech is a commune of 2,803 people in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. 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.