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A town of 1,608 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Lauwin-Planque has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,856/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% 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 2 things Lauwin-Planque does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lauwin-Planque 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 Lauwin-Planque as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien couvent des Chartreux, in Douai, 1.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Lauwin-Planque. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Chartreuse2.8 km southeast, in DouaiAttractionAttractionBeffroi de Douai3.6 km southeast, in DouaiAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye des Prés de Douai3 km southeast, in DouaiMonastery or conventMonastery or conventChartreuse Saints-Joseph-et-Morand de Douai2.8 km southeast, in DouaiFortFortPorte d'Arras3.3 km southeast, in DouaiFortFortFort de Scarpe4 km east, in DouaiPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lauwin-Planque.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Lauwin-Planque is above both Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 139 residents of Lauwin-Planque died, against 120 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Lauwin-Planque comes above both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,856/m², comes from 38 sales of houses and apartments in Lauwin-Planque from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,998/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
12.9% of Lauwin-Planque’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 83% drove.
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.
For Lauwin-Planque, that is below both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules FerryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 81%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Élisa LemonnierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 183 | 92%+3 pts |
| Collège Romain RollandBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 65 | 85%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Lauwin-Planque sits above both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. Among adults, 34% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Lauwin-Planque | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Lauwin-Planque is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lauwin-Planque yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauwin-Planque | 1,608 | — | — | C− | — | D |
| Cuincy | 6,467 | 0.8 | C− | C | C+ | C− |
| Flers-en-Escrebieux | 5,424 | 1.1 | D− | C+ | D | D |
| Auby | 7,083 | 1.7 | C− | B− | C+ | D |
| Douai | 40,250 | 1.9 | D− | C+ | D− | D |
| Courcelles-lès-Lens Pas-de-Calais | 7,830 | 2.2 | D− | C+ | C | D |
| Waziers | 7,266 | 2.8 | D | B | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lauwin-Planque has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 12.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 92% of 183 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Élisa Lemonnier in 2025, 3 points above 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 €1,856/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lauwin-Planque grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Lauwin-Planque is a commune of 1,608 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. 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.