Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,403 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Iwuy grades C− overall: better than 17% of compared French towns, and #126 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Iwuy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Iwuy 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 Iwuy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château (ancienne maison de campagne de l'abbaye Saint-Aubert-de-Cambrai), in Avesnes-le-Sec, 2.6 mi away.
12% 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 Iwuy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Iwuy is Etablissement Public de Sante de Cambrai, 6.3 mi away. 294 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 215: 37% above. Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Iwuy can choose among 4 GPs.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.86/m² a month, lower than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 105 homes in Iwuy. Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.93/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,238/m² | 104 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Iwuy were criminal damage than anything else (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 12.1 violent offenses and 14 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. All told, Iwuy had 88 recorded offenses in 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 theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 5.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Degrees are held by 22% of adults. 18% of residents are 65 or over, below both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Residents of Iwuy have a median age of 38.2.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Iwuy | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #133 of 195 in Nord. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 73 | 85%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
6.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Iwuy number 600, against 1,400 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Unemployment stands at 13.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Iwuy. Best known first.
Nothing in Iwuy 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 Iwuy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwuy | 3,403 | — | C− | A− | C | D− |
| Bouchain | 4,113 | 3.5 | D | C+ | B | D |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert | 3,562 | 3.7 | C+ | B+ | C+ | D |
| Escaudœuvres | 3,171 | 3.8 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
| Haspres | 2,626 | 4.5 | C− | B+ | B+ | D |
| Neuville-sur-Escaut | 2,901 | 4.7 | C− | B− | B+ | D |
| Rœulx | 3,743 | 5.3 | C | B | A− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #107 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns and #133 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Iwuy grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Iwuy is a commune of 3,403 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai. 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.