Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,046 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Lecelles has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Lecelles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lecelles 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.
Lecelles has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lecelles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église abbatiale, in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, 2.1 mi away.
18% 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 Lecelles.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 82 sales of houses and apartments in Lecelles from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,810/m² for the median of compared towns in Nord.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,345/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Lecelles records 97 deaths per 100 expected, below Nord’s towns (105) but above compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
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
For Lecelles, that is below both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €29,730 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.
Lecelles sits above both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame des Anges PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 199 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame des Anges PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 154 | 99%±0 pts |
| Collège Marie CurieBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 121 | 83%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts Lecelles above both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.3% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Lecelles | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 28 offenses in the graded categories in Lecelles in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft 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, 26.7% of the index here.
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
Museums and heritage in and near Lecelles. Best known first.
Nothing in Lecelles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Lecelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecelles | 3,046 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | 15,974 | 2.4 | D | C | C− | C− |
| Hasnon | 3,849 | 4.1 | C+ | C | A− | D |
| Landas | 2,518 | 4.8 | — | B− | — | C |
| Hergnies | 4,479 | 5.6 | C− | C+ | A | D− |
| Beuvry-la-Forêt | 2,861 | 5.7 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Wallers | 5,633 | 6.9 | D− | C+ | B | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lecelles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns and #134 of 195 in Nord. 99% of 154 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame des Anges in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.06/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lecelles grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Lecelles is a commune of 3,046 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. 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.