Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 20,715 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Halluin grades C− overall: better than 19% of compared French towns, and #122 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 13.0% unemployment. At the median price of €2,115/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Halluin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Halluin 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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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Halluin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Halluin before 1900, the earliest Isidore Dumortier, in 1869.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Halluin.
13.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Halluin sits above both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Halluin | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 539 offenses in the graded categories in Halluin in 2025. Violence against people ran at 8.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 18.8 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,115/m², comes from 637 sales of houses and apartments in Halluin from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.16/m² a month, above Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,107/m² | 560 |
| Apartments | €2,173/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Halluin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Halluin, 78.0% passed the bac, below both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Lili Keller-RosenbergNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 121 | 90%+4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 59 | 78%−1 pt |
| Collège Jules VerneBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 71 | 92%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,416 residents of Halluin died, against 1,387 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. Its two care homes for older people (187 places) count their residents as Halluin’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Halluin has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Moulin et maison du Meunier: Photo: User:LimoWreck · CC BY-SA 3.0
6 notable people were born in Halluin.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halluin | 20,715 | — | C− | C | C | B− |
| Bousbecque | 4,978 | 2.3 | B+ | C− | B+ | B |
| Roncq | 14,075 | 2.3 | C+ | D | C− | C |
| Neuville-en-Ferrain | 10,002 | 2.6 | B− | C− | C− | B |
| Wervicq-Sud | 5,426 | 3.4 | B− | C− | B+ | A− |
| Linselles | 8,161 | 3.4 | A− | D | B | B |
| Tourcoing | 98,772 | 4 | D | C+ | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #116 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 83 burglaries and 190 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #120 of 195 in Nord. 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 €2,115/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €2,107/m² (560 sales), apartments €2,173/m² (77 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Halluin grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Halluin is a commune of 20,715 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.