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Home to 5,616 people, this town lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
La Gorgue’s lowest grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment. At the median price of €1,810/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Flandre Lys. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 7.2 recorded violent incidents and 10.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, ranking #48 of 189 in Nord. On that grade it does better than 49% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing La Gorgue does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Gorgue 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 La Gorgue as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Amé, in Lestrem, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Gorgue.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (81 places) counts its residents as La Gorgue’s; allowing for it, deaths were 1% above expected. From 2016 to 2025, 553 residents of La Gorgue died, against 463 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. The nearest emergency department to La Gorgue is Centre hospitalier D Armentieres, 7.2 mi away. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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.
More of the graded crimes in La Gorgue were criminal damage than anything else (2025). All told, La Gorgue had 98 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 · For armed robbery 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, 3.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, near Nord’s towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 19% of residents. The median resident of La Gorgue is 42.4 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Gorgue | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 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.
The median price, €1,810/m², comes from 178 sales of houses and apartments in La Gorgue from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 92% houses, the rest apartments. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.28/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,837/m² | 164 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
11.0% of the labour force were unemployed, between Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.3% of working residents in La Gorgue didn’t travel to work at all. Median disposable income comes to €24,600 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 0.9 mi to the nearest one. Ranked by results, schools here are #102 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri DurezNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 79%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Val de LysNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 148 | 95%−1 pt |
| Collège privé Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 67 | 100%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in La Gorgue is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in La Gorgue.
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 Gorgue | 5,616 | — | B− | B | B+ | C− |
| Estaires | 6,525 | 0.8 | C | B− | C+ | D |
| Lestrem Pas-de-Calais | 5,009 | 2.4 | B+ | B− | A | C− |
| Laventie Pas-de-Calais | 5,044 | 2.6 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
| Sailly-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 3,981 | 3.1 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Merville | 9,808 | 3.8 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Richebourg Pas-de-Calais | 2,687 | 4 | B | C | A− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #36 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #102 of 195 in Nord. 95% of 148 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Val de Lys 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,810/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.46/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Gorgue grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
La Gorgue is a commune of 5,616 people in the Communauté de communes Flandre Lys. 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 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.