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The town, home to 14,050 people, lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
A tough set of grades. Jobs & income is its weak spot: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 12.4% unemployment. Its best grade is for walkability — 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,229/m² takes 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Put together, the subjects come to a D overall, better than 7% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #156 of 189 in Nord.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Lys-lez-Lannoy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lys-lez-Lannoy 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 Lys-lez-Lannoy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus et de la Sainte-Face, in Hem, 2 mi away.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Lys-lez-Lannoy. Best known first.
MuseumVilla Cavrois3.4 km west, in Croix
MuseumLa Piscine, musée d'art et d'industrie3.8 km northwest, in Roubaix
MuseumLa Manufacture, musée de la mémoire et de la création textile1.6 km northwest, in Roubaix
MuseumArchives nationales du monde du travail3 km northwest, in Roubaix
MuseumMusée des arts et traditions populaires3.1 km north, in WattrelosMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent de la Visitation de Roubaix3.4 km northwest, in RoubaixPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lys-lez-Lannoy.
12.4% of the labour force were unemployed, between Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 6.0% of working residents in Lys-lez-Lannoy to work at the census. Households’ median disposable income: €24,770 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 7.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 23.7 (2023–2025 average). For 2025, the figures show 403 offenses in Lys-lez-Lannoy. The graded crime recorded most locally 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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Lys-lez-Lannoy goes for €2,286/m², an apartment for €2,051/m². 489 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,229/m². Houses were 72% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,286/m² | 351 |
| Apartments | €2,051/m² | 138 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, close to Nord’s towns (12%) and above compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 19% of the population. Line up the people of Lys-lez-Lannoy by age and the one in the middle is 38.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Lys-lez-Lannoy | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (77 places) counts its residents as Lys-lez-Lannoy’s; allowing for it, deaths were 3% below expected. 890 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 836: 7% above. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 11 GPs practise 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #126 of 195 in Nord. At the seven general lycées, 89% of 1,359 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège GambettaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 78%−2 pts |
| Lycée Maxence Van Der MeerschNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 178 | 89%−1 pt |
| Collège Anne FrankBest against expectations: 18 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 114 | 60%+18 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Lys-lez-Lannoy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Lys-lez-Lannoy.
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It grades C− for safety, #139 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 37 burglaries and 121 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #126 of 195 in Nord. 89% of 178 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Maxence Van Der Meersch in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,229/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Lys-lez-Lannoy grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Lys-lez-Lannoy is a commune of 14,050 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 November 4, 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.