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1,847 people call this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France home.
Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (B+): 80% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.6% unemployment. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Ligny-en-Cambrésis 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 Ligny-en-Cambrésis 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.
Ligny-en-Cambrésis has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Ligny-en-Cambrésis does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ligny-en-Cambrésis as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne ancienne, in Inchy, 4.6 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Ligny-en-Cambrésis 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 Ligny-en-Cambrésis.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Ligny-en-Cambrésis. The nearest emergency department to Ligny-en-Cambrésis is Centre hospitalier de le Cateau, 7 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Nord is 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.1 mi away. At the general lycée, 94% of 162 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 168 | 79%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Joseph-Marie JacquardNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 162 | 94%+1 pt |
| Collège Jacques PrévertBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 110 | 75%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
17% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, below both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Ligny-en-Cambrésis has a median age of 40.7.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Ligny-en-Cambrésis | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.77/m² a month, below Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €7.48/m² a month. The market in Ligny-en-Cambrésis: 68 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,134/m² | 68 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Nord’s towns (13.2%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,280 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7.5 cases of violence against people and 9.9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Ligny-en-Cambrésis logged 22 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (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 · 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, 35.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Ligny-en-Cambrésis. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la dentelle de Caudry3.6 km northeast, in CaudryAttractionAttractionChâteau d'Esnes4.9 km west, in EsnesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye des Guillemins4.6 km southwest, in Walincourt-SelvignyMuseumMuseumMusée des dentelles et broderies de Caudry3.6 km northeast, in CaudryTheme parkTheme parkLa petite fête foraine3.4 km northeast, in CaudryPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ligny-en-Cambrésis yet.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Ligny-en-Cambrésis is a commune of 1,847 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Caudrésis et du Catésis. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligny-en-Cambrésis | 1,847 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Caudry | 13,833 | 2.1 | D | B+ | D− | D− |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert | 3,562 | 6.5 | C+ | B+ | C+ | D |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis | 6,764 | 7.3 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Masnières | 2,689 | 7.6 | B+ | A− | B | D |
| Cambrai | 31,134 | 7.8 | C− | B | D | D |
| Solesmes | 4,142 | 7.8 | B | A | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ligny-en-Cambrésis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ligny-en-Cambrésis grades B+ 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 9, 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.