Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 4,635 residents and lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
The data are hard on it. Jobs and pay trail most towns (D−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 18.7% unemployment. School results trail most towns: bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.4 points below the expected rate. Fewer journeys need a car (A): 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,534/m² costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. Put together, the subjects come to a D overall, better than 8% of compared French towns. That places it #155 of 189 in Nord.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and 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.
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 Guesnain does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Guesnain 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 →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Guesnain as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Centre Historique Minier de Lewarde (ancien site minier de la fosse Delloye de la compagnie des mines d'Aniche), in Lewarde, 1.6 mi away.
3.4% 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 Guesnain.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 72% passed the bac pro, of 40 candidates. For collège, the closest is 0.8 mi away. Results rank its schools #182 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 80 | 81%−1 pt |
| Lycée Arthur RimbaudNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 327 | 91%−4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel René CassinBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 40 | 72%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €20,990 a year per consumption unit, below Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. No commute at all: 2.0% of working residents in Guesnain at the census.
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Guesnain can choose among 3 GPs. Adjusted mortality locally: 97 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 413 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 459, 11% more. Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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.
Among the graded crimes in Guesnain, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Its tally for 2025: 106 recorded offenses. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 11.7 violent offenses and 15 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 4.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
24% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 12% of residents. Line up the people of Guesnain by age and the one in the middle is 42.9.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Guesnain | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 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.
76 sales of houses and apartments in Guesnain, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,534/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.21/m² a month, below Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. House rents are put at about €8.75/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,534/m² | 76 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Guesnain. Best known first.
Nothing in Guesnain is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Guesnain.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guesnain | 4,635 | — | D | B− | C | C |
| Dechy | 5,338 | 0.9 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Sin-le-Noble | 16,076 | 1.9 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Masny | 3,999 | 2.1 | D− | B− | C+ | D |
| Montigny-en-Ostrevent | 4,495 | 2.1 | C | C+ | A− | C− |
| Lallaing | 6,287 | 2.7 | C | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Waziers | 7,266 | 3 | D | B | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #112 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #182 of 195 in Nord. 91% of 327 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Arthur Rimbaud in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,534/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Guesnain grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Guesnain is a commune of 4,635 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. 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.