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Home to 1,462 people, this town lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Jobs and pay hold up well: 3.4 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. Its weakest subject is schools — brevet results 7.8 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,796/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. Health is weaker too (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Lieu-Saint-Amand has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Lieu-Saint-Amand 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.
Lieu-Saint-Amand has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Lieu-Saint-Amand does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lieu-Saint-Amand as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Bastion des Forges, in Bouchain, 1.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Lieu-Saint-Amand is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lieu-Saint-Amand.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.1 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de l'OstrevantNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 72%−10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Lieu-Saint-Amand records 106 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 107 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 113, 6% more. In Nord, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. There are 3 general practitioners here.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
35 sales of houses and apartments in Lieu-Saint-Amand, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,796/m². A house rents for an estimated €8.54/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.36/m² a month, near Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,796/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 9.8%. Half of residents lived on more than €25,280 a year per consumption unit, higher than Nord’s towns (€23,900) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 2.0% of Lieu-Saint-Amand’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of Lieu-Saint-Amand is older than 40.4, half younger. Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population. 12% of the population is aged 15 to 24, close to Nord’s towns (12%) and above compared French towns (11%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Lieu-Saint-Amand | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Lieu-Saint-Amand. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lieu-Saint-Amand yet.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Lieu-Saint-Amand is a commune of 1,462 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lieu-Saint-Amand | 1,462 | — | — | C | — | D |
| Bouchain | 4,113 | 1.4 | D | C+ | B | D |
| Neuville-sur-Escaut | 2,901 | 1.7 | C− | B− | B+ | D |
| Rœulx | 3,743 | 2.5 | C | B | A− | D− |
| Douchy-les-Mines | 10,109 | 2.8 | D− | B− | C | D− |
| Lourches | 3,734 | 2.8 | D− | B+ | D | D− |
| Iwuy | 3,403 | 3 | C− | A− | C | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lieu-Saint-Amand has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. 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 €1,796/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lieu-Saint-Amand grades C for cost of living.
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 November 8, 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.