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A town in Nord, Hauts-de-France, home to 8,161 people.
Linselles’s schools beat most: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 3.2 points above the expected rate. The town ranks #14 of 189 in Nord, with an A− overall. On that grade it does better than just over three quarters of compared French towns. Households here earn well (A−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. The catch is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B for health.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Linselles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Linselles 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 Linselles, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Linselles before 1900, the earliest Pierre-François Lepoutre, in 1735.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Linselles.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Linselles, 92.8% passed the brevet, above both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #12 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 99%+3 pts |
| Lycée La Croix Blanche PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 198 | 100%+1 pt |
| EIC-Collège Charles de Foucauld PrivateBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 118 | 92%+9 pts |
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.
Houses sell for €2,814/m² in Linselles, apartments for €3,303/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €14.00/m² a month, higher than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.19/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,814/m² | 234 |
| Apartments | €3,303/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €28,230 a year per consumption unit. At the census, just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 18th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.1% of the total, above Nord’s towns (6.3%) and close to compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 863 deaths in Linselles from 2016 to 2025; there were 910, 5% more. Life expectancy in Nord: 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 11 GPs practise in the town.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Linselles. For 2025, the figures show 141 offenses in the town. Violence against people averaged 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 15.4.
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 sexual violence and armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children are 17% of the town. People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, higher than Nord’s towns (19%) and near compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Linselles | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Linselles. Best known first.
Linselles has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
8 notable people were born in Linselles.
Arnaud-Dominique Houte: Domenjod, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pierre-François Lepoutre: Crauz (graveur), Nicolas-François Le Vachez Père (éditeur), Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linselles | 8,161 | — | A− | D | B | B |
| Roncq | 14,075 | 1.8 | C+ | D | C− | C |
| Bousbecque | 4,978 | 2.1 | B+ | C− | B+ | B |
| Bondues | 9,747 | 2.2 | B− | D− | C | B |
| Wervicq-Sud | 5,426 | 2.6 | B− | C− | B+ | A− |
| Comines | 12,731 | 3.4 | C | C− | B− | C− |
| Halluin | 20,715 | 3.4 | C− | C | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #57 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 60 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns and #12 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 100% of 198 candidates passed the bac at Lycée La Croix Blanche 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.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Linselles grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Linselles is a commune of 8,161 people in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. 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.