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This town in Nord, Hauts-de-France has a population of 14,152.
Several subjects drag its grade down. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,034/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: three quarters of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a D− overall, behind almost every compared French town. School results trail most towns (D−): bac results 6.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.7 points below the expected rate. Incomes are on the low side: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 26.2% unemployment. It lags on safety as well — an average of 15.7 recorded violent incidents and 17 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Hautmont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hautmont 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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Hautmont has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Hautmont. Best known first.
ZooZoo de Maubeuge5 km northeast, in MaubeugeFortFortFort d'Hautmontin townAttractionAttractionAra4.9 km northeast, in MaubeugeAttractionAttractionCapybara4.9 km northeast, in MaubeugeAttractionAttractionCasoar à casque4.9 km northeast, in MaubeugePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hautmont.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
15 GPs practise in Hautmont. In Nord, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 1,640 residents of Hautmont died, against 1,100 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 49% more.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Hautmont, 67.0% passed the brevet, below both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). By results, schools here place #192 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 70%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent André LurçatNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 167 | 75%−7 pts |
| Collège Jacques BrelBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 55 | 75%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Hautmont came to 489 in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Hautmont (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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €18,300 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Hautmont didn’t travel to work at all. 12.6% of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 83% drove.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
13% of the population is aged 15 to 24, above Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents. Graduates make up 16% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Hautmont | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century. 7.2% of its homes were built before 1919, about level with compared French towns (7.4%) and above Nord’s towns (6.3%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,034/m², comes from 339 sales of houses and apartments in Hautmont from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 99% of what sold. A house rents for an estimated €7.73/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,040/m² | 334 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Hautmont has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ancienne abbaye bénédictine: Photo: Chatsam · CC BY-SA 3.0
10 notable people were born in Hautmont.
Rémi Pauvros: Budotradan, Public domain · Alain Poyart: MarcPertola, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bernard-Roger Mathieu: Bernard-Roger MATHIEU, CC BY-SA 1.0 · Jean-François Pauvros: Nicod, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hautmont | 14,152 | — | D− | B | D | D− |
| Louvroil | 6,294 | 2 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Maubeuge | 28,767 | 2.9 | D− | B− | D | D |
| Feignies | 6,703 | 3.5 | D− | B− | C− | D |
| Ferrière-la-Grande | 5,131 | 3.6 | D | B− | B− | D− |
| Rousies | 3,980 | 4 | C− | B− | A− | D− |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries | 8,612 | 4.7 | D− | B | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #149 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 34 burglaries and 189 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns and #192 of 195 in Nord. 75% of 167 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent André Lurçat in 2025, 7 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 €1,034/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Hautmont grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Hautmont is a commune of 14,152 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre. 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.
