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It is a town of 506 residents in Nord, Hauts-de-France.

Is Le Favril a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Le Favril falls below the line for grades.

Le Favril’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Le Favril’s story

No historic monuments in Le Favril

The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Favril as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 7.7 mi away.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Le Favril is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Favril.

Who lives here

A town of families: 21% of people in Le Favril are under 15, more than in Nord’s towns and across compared French towns

40.4median age

People aged 15 to 24 are 10% of the population. 19% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, near Nord’s towns (26%) and lower than compared French towns (30%).

Le FavrilNord medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Favril
Le FavrilNord medianFrance median
Under 1521%19%17%
15–2410%12%11%
25–4427%24%23%
45–6423%25%26%
65+19%19%22%
No diploma21%23%19%
CAP or BEP32%26%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education26%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 5.5% of commuters in Le Favril go to work without a car, fewer than in Nord’s towns and across compared French towns

6%walk, cycle or take transit

After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,090 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 13.0%, near Nord’s towns (13.2%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Le Favril counts 0.3 jobs (50 jobs, 200 workers).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Le Favril, 0.3 per working resident
13.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

83.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate

97%passed the bac (general and technological)

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

At the lycées within 5 km of Le Favril, 97.0% passed the bac, higher than both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 2.2 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Le Favril83.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Le Favril97.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège DupleixNearest collègeCollègeCollège11583%−4 pts
Lycée DupleixNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée9997%+3 pts
97%
passed the general and technological bac, +3 pts against the expected rate
83.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4 pts against the expected rate
2.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Le Favril costs less than in Nord’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.08/m² a month

€9.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Le Favril: 12 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Favril€9.08/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Nord median€11.81/m²
€9.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.44 to €11.09/m² a month)
€6.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Le Favril

13pages on Le Favril
Nearby attractions

Abbaye de Maroilles and 7 more in and around Le Favril

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Le Favril. Best known first.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Famous people from Le Favril

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Favril yet.

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About Le Favril

Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France

Le Favril is a commune of 506 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mormal. 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

Population
506 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Mormal
Département
Nord (59)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
4.4 sq mi (11.5 km²)
INSEE code
59223

Le Favril’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Nord →
LandreciesLe Cateau-CambrésisBerlaimontAulnoye-AymeriesAvesnes-sur-HelpeLe QuesnoyLandreciesLe Cateau-CambrésisBerlaimontAulnoye-AymeriesAvesnes-sur-HelpeLe QuesnoyLe Favril
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Favril506—————
Landrecies3,4072.2CA+C−D
Le Cateau-Cambrésis6,7647.7DA−D−D
Berlaimont3,1598.3C−BBC
Aulnoye-Aymeries8,6129D−BDD−
Avesnes-sur-Helpe4,0129.5C+AD−D−
Le Quesnoy4,87811C−B+DC

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.