Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,244 people live in this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Hantay’s schools beat most: bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results 1.3 points above the expected rate. Health is a weak point (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Hantay 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 Hantay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hantay 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.
Hantay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Hantay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Carvin, 4.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hantay.
Under 15: just over a fifth of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, below both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 35% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Hantay | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
60 deaths in Hantay between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 54: 12% above. Life expectancy at birth in Nord is 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Hantay is Centre hospitalier de Seclin, 6.4 mi away. There are 4 general practitioners locally.
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 D− to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 34 homes in Hantay. Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.13/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.41/m² a month, near both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,571/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 3.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 1.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège DoletNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 79%−8 pts |
| Lycée professionnel BoillyNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 103 | 87%−1 pt |
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 88%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €27,460 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). Hantay has 200 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Hantay 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 Hantay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hantay | 1,244 | — | — | C− | — | D |
| Billy-Berclau Pas-de-Calais | 5,093 | 1.1 | B | C | A− | D− |
| Salomé | 3,182 | 1.5 | B− | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Bauvin | 5,249 | 1.9 | C | C+ | B− | D |
| Sainghin-en-Weppes | 5,638 | 2.2 | B+ | C− | A− | C |
| Provin | 4,428 | 2.4 | C | C | B− | D− |
| Douvrin Pas-de-Calais | 5,867 | 2.7 | C+ | C+ | C+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hantay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Hantay grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Hantay is a commune of 1,244 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.