Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Nord, Hauts-de-France has a population of 4,169.
Hérin grades low on several counts. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 15.9% unemployment. At €1,445/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at D, #160 of 189 in Nord. Nationally, it does better than 6% of compared French towns.
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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Hérin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hérin 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Hérin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Barbe, in La Sentinelle, 1.4 mi away.
14% 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 Hérin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 253 deaths in Hérin from 2016 to 2025; there were 354, 40% more. 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. The town has 3 family doctors.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Hérin, 82.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 1.3 mi away. Ranked by results, schools here are #171 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Gilles de GennesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 73%−7 pts |
| Lycée Dampierre PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 29 | 100% |
| Collège Paul ÉluardBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 94 | 84%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, lower than both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents. Half of Hérin is older than 38.7, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Hérin | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Households’ median disposable income: €22,380 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 3.2% of working residents in Hérin at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
99 offenses were reported in Hérin during 2025. Violence against people averaged 9 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Hérin (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 sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 6.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
120 sales of houses and apartments in Hérin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,445/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.24/m² a month, about level with Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 99% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,443/m² | 119 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Hérin. Best known first.
Nothing in Hérin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Hérin.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hérin | 4,169 | — | D | B− | C+ | D− |
| La Sentinelle | 3,103 | 1.3 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Petite-Forêt | 5,054 | 1.7 | D | C+ | D− | D |
| Haveluy | 3,222 | 2.1 | C | B | A | D− |
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 6,019 | 2.3 | D | B− | C− | D− |
| Wallers | 5,633 | 2.6 | D− | C+ | B | D− |
| Anzin | 13,183 | 2.7 | D | B− | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #80 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #171 of 195 in Nord. 100% of 29 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Dampierre in 2025 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 €1,445/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Hérin grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Hérin is a commune of 4,169 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. 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.