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A town of 6,294 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
The data are hard on it. Where it falls short is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Taken together, its subjects give Louvroil a D− overall, better than 3% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #185 of 189 in Nord. Fewer journeys need a car (A): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,042/m²: 70 m² comes to 3.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Safety lags: an average of 17 recorded violent incidents and 19.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pupils here do less well than most (D): bac results 1.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.8 points below the expected rate.
Figures: 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Louvroil does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Louvroil 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 no building in Louvroil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne poterie Gibon, in Ferrière-la-Petite, 3.4 mi away.
4.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Louvroil. Best known first.
ZooZoo de Maubeuge2 km northeast, in Maubeuge
FortFort de Leveau4.2 km north, in FeigniesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Hautmont2.8 km southwest, in HautmontFortFortEnceinte de Maubeuge2 km northeast, in MaubeugeMuseumMuseumMusée Henri Boez2.2 km northeast, in MaubeugePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Louvroil.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Louvroil has one family doctor. Life expectancy in Nord: 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 521 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 393: 32% above.
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 all, 206 offenses reached the police record in Louvroil in 2025. With 3,450 jobs for 1,800 working residents, Louvroil draws people in from neighbouring communes. The commonest graded crime in the town 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 · For armed robbery, 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
At the census, 19.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 28.2% of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 72% of 331 candidates passed at the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km. At the lycées within 5 km of Louvroil, 84.6% passed the bac, lower than both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #180 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques BrelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 55 | 75%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent André LurçatNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 167 | 75%−7 pts |
| Collège LavoisierBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 105 | 92%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 15% of residents. Degrees are held by 16% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Louvroil | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 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.
Behind the median of €1,042/m²: 133 houses and apartments sold in Louvroil between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.05/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 89% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,037/m² | 119 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Louvroil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Louvroil.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades D for safety, #166 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 87 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns and #180 of 195 in Nord. 75% of 167 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent André Lurçat in 2025, 7 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,042/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Louvroil grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Louvroil is a commune of 6,294 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.