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This town in Nord, Hauts-de-France has a population of 4,078.
A town of contrasts. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is weaker too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A) — an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It is easy to get around without a car: 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at B−, #51 of 189 in Nord. On that grade it does better than 48% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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.
Each subject compares Leffrinckoucke 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 Leffrinckoucke as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour du Leughenaer, in Dunkerque, 3 mi away.
1.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Leffrinckoucke. Best known first.
MuseumFort des Dunesin town
MuseumLieu d'art et action contemporaine de Dunkerque4.4 km west, in Dunkerque
Art galleryMusée des Beaux-Arts de Dunkerque4.7 km west, in DunkerqueFortFortBatterie de Zuydcootein townMuseumMuseumÉcomusée du Bommelaers-Wall2.5 km east, in GhyveldeMuseumMuseumFrac Grand Large — Hauts-de-France4.8 km west, in DunkerquePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Leffrinckoucke.
In all, 39 offenses reached the police record in Leffrinckoucke in 2025. No compared town in Nord has less graded crime per resident than Leffrinckoucke: it ranks first of 189. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 · When other physical violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (20.5% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 412 residents of Leffrinckoucke died, against 378 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Leffrinckoucke have one GP on hand.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Leffrinckoucke: 143 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.75/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 85% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,499/m² | 122 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 17.6% of commuters at the census. 800 jobs are based in Leffrinckoucke, for 1,600 working residents (0.5 per worker). Unemployment stood at 12.5%, below Nord’s towns (13.2%) but above compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). 28% of residents have reached 65. Among adults, 31% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Leffrinckoucke | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 77% passed the bac pro, of 243 candidates at 2 lycées. Near Leffrinckoucke, 93.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Nord’s towns (90.4%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gaspard MaloNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 92 | 90%+3 pts |
| Lycée Auguste AngellierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 367 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Paul MachyBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 91 | 93%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Leffrinckoucke is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Leffrinckoucke.
Michel Hidalgo: Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Christian Synaeghel: Huysmanss, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leffrinckoucke | 4,078 | — | B− | C− | A | D |
| Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village | 8,247 | 2.2 | B− | D | A | D |
| Coudekerque-Branche | 20,787 | 3.1 | C− | C | B− | D |
| Dunkerque | 86,263 | 3.3 | D | C− | C− | D |
| Bray-Dunes | 4,189 | 3.6 | C− | D | B− | D |
| Ghyvelde | 4,133 | 3.6 | B | C− | A | D− |
| Cappelle-la-Grande | 7,839 | 4.8 | C− | C+ | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #1 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 65% of compared French towns and #74 of 195 in Nord. 97% of 367 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Auguste Angellier 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 €12.44/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Leffrinckoucke grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Leffrinckoucke is a commune of 4,078 people in the Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque. 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.