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Home to 1,376 people, this town lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Housing is within reach (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. It also trails on walkability — 62% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Haverskerque 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 2 things Haverskerque does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Haverskerque 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.
Haverskerque 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 Haverskerque as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Firmin, in Morbecque, 3.8 mi away.
11% 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 Haverskerque.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Haverskerque can choose among 3 GPs. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 103 per 100 expected, about level with Nord’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 140 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 180, 29% more. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Half of residents lived on more than €26,460 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Nord’s towns (€23,900). Unemployment stands at 8.7%. Bus, tram or train carried 3.2% of working residents in Haverskerque to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,765/m²: 46 houses and apartments sold in Haverskerque between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,765/m² | 46 |
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.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.6 mi away. The closest collège is 1.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges BrassensNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 89 | 90%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Under 15: 16% of residents. Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, below both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 22% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Haverskerque | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Haverskerque is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Haverskerque.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haverskerque | 1,376 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Saint-Venant Pas-de-Calais | 2,999 | 1.3 | B− | B | C+ | D− |
| Morbecque | 2,573 | 3.4 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Merville | 9,808 | 4 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Isbergues Pas-de-Calais | 8,650 | 4 | C+ | B+ | B− | D |
| Vieux-Berquin | 2,628 | 5.5 | — | B | — | B |
| Gonnehem Pas-de-Calais | 2,525 | 5.5 | — | C+ | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Haverskerque has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,765/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Haverskerque grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Haverskerque is a commune of 1,376 people in the Communauté de communes Flandre Lys. 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.