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4,148 people live in this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.

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Photo: Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gondecourt 1 Cité Deschins

Gondecourt, Nord · Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 4.0

Is Gondecourt a good place to live?

Work and incomes are strong: 1 job per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. Gondecourt ranks #2 of 189 in Nord, with an A overall. It comes out better than 94% of compared French towns. Its schools beat most: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2.3 points above the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €2,614/m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B for health.

Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.

What makes Gondecourt stand out

The one thing Gondecourt does most differently from other towns.

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How Gondecourt grades

Each subject compares Gondecourt 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.

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Gondecourt’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Gondecourt’s story

No historic monuments in Gondecourt

The Culture ministry lists no building in Gondecourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Piat, in Seclin, 2.1 mi away.

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Nearby attractions

Abbaye Saint-Christophe de Phalempin and 13 more in and around Gondecourt

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gondecourt.

Schools

More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Gondecourt than in Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 94.2%

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The bac pro: 81% of 113 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Schools rank #27 of 195 in Nord. At the general lycée, 99% of 391 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.

99%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Gondecourt94.2%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Gondecourt95.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège HergéNearest collègeCollègeCollège13392%−1 pt
Lycée Marguerite de FlandreNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée39199%+1 pt
Collège Jean DemaillyBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège9293%+9 pts

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99%
passed the general and technological bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
81%
passed the vocational bac, −4 pts against the expected rate
94.2%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2.3 pts against the expected rate
0.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Gondecourt has lower unemployment than Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%

The median disposable income was €28,710 a year per consumption unit, above both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Gondecourt: 1,900, for 1,850 residents in work (1 each). At the census, 5.9% of working residents in Gondecourt went to work by public transport.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
Public transport6%
On foot3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,900
jobs based in Gondecourt, 1 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 83% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth B

Mortality in Gondecourt, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Nord’s towns and compared French towns: 84 per 100 expected

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

There are 4 general practitioners in Gondecourt. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 304 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 254, 16% fewer.

−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Gondecourt · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Seclin
1.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Seclin
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.

Safety

Gondecourt has less crime per resident than 63% of compared French towns

Police and gendarmerie recorded 82 offenses in Gondecourt in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 14.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes here, burglary came up most often (2025).

4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade

Recorded by type · 2025

Burglary25
Criminal damage25
Family violence19
Vehicle theft13
Armed robbery0
Fraud32

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.

4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
82
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published

Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 8.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Gondecourt than in Nord’s towns or across compared French towns: 43% of adults

18% are under 15, near Nord’s towns (19%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 20% of the town. The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%.

43median age
GondecourtNord medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education43%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Gondecourt
GondecourtNord medianFrance median
Under 1518%19%17%
15–2412%12%11%
25–4423%24%23%
45–6427%25%26%
65+20%19%22%
No diploma15%23%19%
CAP or BEP20%26%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education43%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes

HousingCost of living C+

Gondecourt earns a C+ for cost of living

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Advertised rents are estimated at €13.05/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.25/m² a month. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments.

€2,614/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Gondecourt€2,614/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,619/m²97
€13.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.25 to €15.14/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,620
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Gondecourt

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Landmarks

Nothing in Gondecourt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Gondecourt

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gondecourt yet.

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Gondecourt’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Allennes-les-MaraisHouplin-AncoisneSeclinWavrinPhalempinAnnœullinAllennes-les-MaraisHouplin-AncoisneSeclinWavrinPhalempinAnnœullinGondecourt
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Gondecourt4,148—AC+BB
Allennes-les-Marais3,5451.6A−CA−C+
Houplin-Ancoisne3,3261.8BC−BB
Seclin13,2612.1C−C−D−D
Wavrin7,7582.5C+C−B−D
Phalempin4,8472.6AC+BB
Annœullin10,8472.6CCC−D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Gondecourt

Is Gondecourt safe?

It grades B for safety, #48 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Gondecourt good?

They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns and #27 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Gondecourt expensive to live in?

Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,614/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gondecourt grades C+ for cost of living.

About Gondecourt

Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France

Gondecourt is a commune of 4,148 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

Population
4,148 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault
Département
Nord (59)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
3.2 sq mi (8.2 km²)
INSEE code
59266

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.