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A town of 2,474 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Leval has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 15.8% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Leval does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Leval 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 1 historic monument in Leval, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1999.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Leval.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Leval, that is above both Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 223 residents of Leval died, against 181 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Leval, 83.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Félix del MarleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 78%−1 pt |
| Institution Sainte Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 58 | 95%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Leval sits below both Nord’s towns (€1,810/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) on this measure.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,135/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Leval, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
That puts Leval below both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 21% of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Leval | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
On this, Leval is above both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €21,610 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 30 offenses in the graded categories in Leval in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 36.3% 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
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Leval. Best known first.
Leval has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Leval 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leval | 2,474 | — | — | B | — | D− |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries | 8,612 | 1.1 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Berlaimont | 3,159 | 1.9 | C− | B | B | C |
| Hautmont | 14,152 | 5.5 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 4,012 | 5.8 | C+ | A | D− | D− |
| Louvroil | 6,294 | 7.4 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Bavay | 3,249 | 7.8 | C | A | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Leval has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 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 20% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 95% of 58 candidates passed the bac at Institution Sainte Jeanne d'Arc in 2025, a point above 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 €9.56/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Leval grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Leval is a commune of 2,474 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre. 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.