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The town, home to 2,264 people, lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,569/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mormal. It is hard to get around without a car (C−): 31% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Gommegnies 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 Gommegnies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gommegnies 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.
Gommegnies 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 Gommegnies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Rametz, in Saint-Waast, 3.7 mi away.
29% 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 Gommegnies.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Gommegnies. The nearest emergency department to Gommegnies is Polyclinique Vauban, 11.1 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 212 residents of Gommegnies died, against 167 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% more. At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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.
At the census, 5.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,200 a year per consumption unit.
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 €1,569/m²: 72 houses and apartments sold in Gommegnies between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.37/m² a month, about level with Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.78/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,569/m² | 72 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.9%, lower than both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or older. 18% of residents are children under 15.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Gommegnies | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie figures for Gommegnies show 18 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 4.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 7.4 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes in the town were family violence 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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (45.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Gommegnies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Gommegnies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gommegnies | 2,264 | — | — | B+ | — | D− |
| Le Quesnoy | 4,878 | 3.4 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| Bavay | 3,249 | 4.3 | C | A | C− | D |
| Berlaimont | 3,159 | 5.7 | C− | B | B | C |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries | 8,612 | 6.9 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Hautmont | 14,152 | 8.9 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Feignies | 6,703 | 9.4 | D− | B− | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gommegnies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,569/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gommegnies grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Gommegnies is a commune of 2,264 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mormal. 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.