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It is a town of 15,074 residents in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Haubourdin’s lowest grade is for jobs & income: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 11.5% unemployment. Where it does best is walkability (A) — nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are a strength too (A−) — bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 3.4 points above the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €2,300/m² costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Overall, that makes a C−, good for #117 of 189 in Nord. It comes out better than a fifth of compared French towns.
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 one thing Haubourdin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Haubourdin 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 no building in Haubourdin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Palais Rameau, in Lille, 3.3 mi away.
4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Haubourdin. Best known first.
MuseumMaison folie de Wazemmes4.7 km east, in Lille
Art galleryLa Malterie5 km east, in LilleAttractionAttractionBeffroi de Loos2.2 km east, in LoosFortFortPorte de Dunkerque4.9 km northeast, in LilleAttractionAttractionChâteau de Landas2.6 km northeast, in LoosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Haubourdin.
11.5% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Nord’s towns (13.2%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,630 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 2.0% of working residents in Haubourdin 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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,284 deaths in Haubourdin from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,803, 40% more. Its five care homes for older people (402 places) count their residents as Haubourdin’s; allowing for them, deaths were 2% above expected. This Nord town has 15 family doctors. 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.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
536 sales of houses and apartments in Haubourdin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,300/m². Apartments in Haubourdin sell for €2,518/m², houses for €2,229/m². A house rents for an estimated €10.97/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,229/m² | 360 |
| Apartments | €2,518/m² | 176 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Haubourdin were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 9.7 cases of violence against people and 19.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The police record for Haubourdin lists 431 offenses in 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 armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Haubourdin is 89.7%, above Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. The bac pro: 80% of 420 candidates passed at the 6 vocational lycées within 5 km. Results rank its schools #40 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules FerryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 84%−6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent BeaupréNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 299 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Jean JaurèsBest against expectations: 21 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 114 | 90%+21 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up 12% of the town, close to Nord’s towns (12%) and above compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 28% of adults. At 39, the median resident of Haubourdin sits in the middle of the age range.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Haubourdin | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Haubourdin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
13 notable people were born in Haubourdin.
Louis Marie Cordonnier: Fonds Lefebvre, Public domain · François Guermonprez: Henry Carnoy, Public domain · Auguste Potié: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Joseph-Henri Louwyck: philippe der arslanian, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haubourdin | 15,074 | — | C− | C− | C− | C− |
| Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin | 4,683 | 1 | B | D | C | B |
| Sequedin | 4,675 | 1.1 | C+ | D | D | B− |
| Loos | 22,567 | 1.4 | C− | C− | D | C |
| Emmerin | 3,026 | 1.4 | C+ | C− | B | D |
| Santes | 5,652 | 1.5 | A | D | A− | A |
| Houplin-Ancoisne | 3,326 | 2.6 | B | C− | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #128 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 60 burglaries and 137 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns and #40 of 195 in Nord. 97% of 299 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Beaupré in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,300/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Haubourdin grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Haubourdin is a commune of 15,074 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 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.