Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Nord, Hauts-de-France, this town has 6,650 residents.
The picture is mixed. Its lowest grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. With a C− overall, La Bassée is better than 21% of compared French towns and ranks #113 of 189 in Nord. Walkability is its strong suit (A): 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,907/m² takes 5.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Add schools to its strengths — bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results 3.4 points above the expected rate.
Figures: 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 2 things La Bassée does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Bassée 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 La Bassée as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien site minier de la fosse 11-19 de la Compagnie des Mines de Lens, in Loos-en-Gohelle, 6.5 mi away.
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 La Bassée.
12.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below Nord’s towns (13.2%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 20.6% of commuters got to work without a car. La Bassée holds 2,400 jobs; 2,800 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each. Households’ median disposable income: €23,350 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, La Bassée records 106 deaths per 100 expected, near Nord’s towns (105) and higher than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 583 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 769, 32% more. The nearest emergency department to La Bassée is Centre hospitalier Germon et Gauthier Bethune Beuvry, 6.2 mi away. Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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.
The commonest graded crime in La Bassée was criminal damage (2025). Violence against people averaged 16.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 15.2. The 2025 count: 214 offenses locally.
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 armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
89.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of La Bassée, above both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 3.8 mi away. On school results, the town ranks #51 of 195 in Nord.
| 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 Antoine de Saint-ExupéryBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 88%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
228 houses and apartments changed hands in La Bassée from July 2023 to June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.69/m² a month. Also worth knowing: among the homes sold, 92% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,869/m² | 209 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of the population. 20% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Nord’s towns (19%) and below compared French towns (22%). La Bassée has a median age of 40.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Bassée | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in La Bassée is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
11 notable people were born in La Bassée.
Louis-Léopold Boilly: Louis-Léopold Boilly, Public domain · Augustin Guilbert-Estevez: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Alexandre Crespel: Toutes-connaissances, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bassée | 6,650 | — | C− | C+ | C− | D |
| Violaines Pas-de-Calais | 3,839 | 0.9 | B+ | C | A | D− |
| Salomé | 3,182 | 1.3 | B− | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Douvrin Pas-de-Calais | 5,867 | 2 | C+ | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Auchy-les-Mines Pas-de-Calais | 4,625 | 2 | C− | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Haisnes Pas-de-Calais | 4,396 | 2 | C+ | C+ | A− | D− |
| Billy-Berclau Pas-de-Calais | 5,093 | 2.8 | B | C | A− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #139 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 70 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #51 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.01/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Bassée grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
La Bassée is a commune of 6,650 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.