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A town of 1,712 in Nord, Hauts-de-France. Only 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Illies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Illies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Illies 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 Illies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Carvin, 7.3 mi away.
3.5% 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 Illies.
People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, lower than both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by two in five adults. Ages in Illies split evenly at 36.7: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Illies | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 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.
Sales in Illies from July 2023 to June 2026: 41 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €10.13/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.41/m² a month, close to both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,360/m² | 41 |
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.
At the lycées within 5 km of Illies, 87.0% passed the bac, lower than both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). General-bac pupils go 4.7 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert SchweitzerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 184 | 85%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel BoillyNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 103 | 87%−1 pt |
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 178 | 99%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Nord: 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Adjusted for age and care homes, Illies records 96 deaths per 100 expected, between Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). 94 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 98: 4% below. The nearest emergency department to Illies is Centre hospitalier Germon et Gauthier Bethune Beuvry, 7.8 mi away.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Half of residents lived on more than €27,420 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In all, 16 offenses reached the police record in Illies in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.9 cases of violence against people and 11.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 47.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Illies. Best known first.
Nothing in Illies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Illies as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illies | 1,712 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Salomé | 3,182 | 2.1 | B− | C+ | B+ | C− |
| La Bassée | 6,650 | 2.2 | C− | C+ | C− | D |
| Violaines Pas-de-Calais | 3,839 | 2.5 | B+ | C | A | D− |
| Sainghin-en-Weppes | 5,638 | 3.1 | B+ | C− | A− | C |
| Billy-Berclau Pas-de-Calais | 5,093 | 3.5 | B | C | A− | D− |
| Douvrin Pas-de-Calais | 5,867 | 3.8 | C+ | C+ | C+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Illies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Illies grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Illies is a commune of 1,712 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.