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With 867 residents, it is a town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.

Is Hon-Hergies a good place to live?

Hon-Hergies has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Hon-Hergies’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Hon-Hergies’ story

No historic monuments in Hon-Hergies

The Culture ministry lists no building in Hon-Hergies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Enceinte médiévale, in Bavay, 2.5 mi away.

45% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Hon-Hergies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hon-Hergies.

Who lives here

More people in Hon-Hergies hold a degree than in Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 40%

43.5median age

17% of residents are 65 or over, below Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Half the people of Hon-Hergies are older than 43.5. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of the population.

Hon-HergiesNord medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP17%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education40%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Hon-Hergies
Hon-HergiesNord medianFrance median
Under 1518%19%17%
15–2412%12%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6431%25%26%
65+17%19%22%
No diploma12%23%19%
CAP or BEP17%26%26%
Baccalauréat26%18%18%
Higher education40%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Hon-Hergies is better off than Nord’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €29,400 a year per consumption unit

2%walk, cycle or take transit

Unemployment runs at 8.1%. 1.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 400 residents in work, Hon-Hergies has 50 jobs: 0.1 each.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Hon-Hergies, 0.1 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

84.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate

98%passed the bac (general and technological)

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest collège is 2.7 mi off. At the general lycée, 98% of 115 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Hon-Hergies84.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Hon-Hergies98.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean Lemaire de BelgesNearest collègeCollègeCollège12284%−4 pts
Lycée des NerviensNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée11598%+1 pt
98%
passed the general and technological bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
84.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4 pts against the expected rate
2.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Hon-Hergies than in Nord’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.71/m² a month

€10.71/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Houses were 96% of what sold. The market in Hon-Hergies: 26 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Hon-Hergies€10.71/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Nord median€11.81/m²
€10.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.07 to €12.64/m² a month)
€8.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Hon-Hergies

13pages on Hon-Hergies
Nearby attractions

Forum antique de Bavay and 5 more in and around Hon-Hergies

Museums and heritage in and near Hon-Hergies. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Hon-Hergies

One notable person was born in Hon-Hergies.

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About Hon-Hergies

Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France

Hon-Hergies is a commune of 867 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mormal. 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

Population
867 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Mormal
Département
Nord (59)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
4.3 sq mi (11 km²)
INSEE code
59310

Hon-Hergies’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Nord →
BavayFeigniesHautmontMaubeugeLouvroilQuiévrechainBavayFeigniesHautmontMaubeugeLouvroilQuiévrechainHon-Hergies
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Hon-Hergies867—————
Bavay3,2492.7CAC−D
Feignies6,7035D−B−C−D
Hautmont14,1527.2D−BDD−
Maubeuge28,7677.2D−B−DD
Louvroil6,2947.8D−BDD−
Quiévrechain5,9498D−BDD−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.