Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 7,921 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Houplines grades C overall: better than 26% of compared French towns, and #94 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,254/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Its strongest is walkability (A): 61% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Houplines 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 Houplines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Observatoire militaire 1914-1918, in Frelinghien, 2.4 mi away.
2.1% 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 Houplines.
Houplines holds 1,850 jobs; 3,550 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each. Unemployment stood at 10.6%, below Nord’s towns (13.2%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Also worth knowing: 15.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 691 residents of Houplines died, against 550 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Houplines records 102 deaths per 100 expected. There are 5 general practitioners in the town. Life expectancy in Nord: 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
17% of residents are 65 or over, below Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Line up the people of Houplines by age and the one in the middle is 38.6. Among adults, 29% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Houplines | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,254/m²: 282 houses and apartments sold in Houplines between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.79/m² a month. Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,261/m² | 280 |
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.
Ranked by results, schools here are #68 of 195 in Nord. At the lycées within 5 km of Houplines, 92.8% passed the bac, above Nord’s towns (90.4%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Roger SalengroNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 95%+6 pts |
| Lycée Paul HazardNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 343 | 95%−1 pt |
| Institut Nicolas Barré PrivateBest against expectations: 21 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 205 | 87%+21 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
225 offenses were reported in Houplines during 2025. Violence against people ran at 11 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13.7 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, family days out and museums in and near Houplines. Best known first.
Nothing in Houplines is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
6 notable people were born in Houplines.
François Descamps: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houplines | 7,921 | — | C | C | C+ | C− |
| Armentières | 26,998 | 1.4 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| La Chapelle-d'Armentières | 8,754 | 1.6 | B | C− | C+ | B |
| Frelinghien | 2,609 | 1.8 | B− | C− | A− | C |
| Erquinghem-Lys | 5,341 | 2.9 | B+ | C− | A | C+ |
| Pérenchies | 8,455 | 2.9 | C | D | C | C+ |
| Nieppe | 7,764 | 3 | B− | C | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #97 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 71 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #68 of 195 in Nord. 95% of 343 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Paul Hazard in 2025, a point below 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 €2,254/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.13/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Houplines grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Houplines is a commune of 7,921 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 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.