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A town of 3,954 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Maing grades C overall: better than 31% of compared French towns, and #82 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,368/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Maing does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Maing 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 Maing: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maing.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 39 offenses in the graded categories in Maing in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Maing ranks 3rd of the 189 compared towns in Nord. For other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 19.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Maing, that is above both Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 556 residents of Maing died, against 414 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Maing is 68.0%, below both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Jacques RousseauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 123 | 89%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Léonard de VinciNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 76 | 68%−12 pts |
| Collège Madame d'ÉpinayBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 69 | 88%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Maing: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Maing sits below both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Unemployment stands at 9.3%. Maing has 400 jobs for 1,600 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,368/m², below both Nord’s towns (€1,810/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,391/m² | 124 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
11% of residents are 15 to 24 and 23% are 65 or over, against 12% and 19% in the median compared commune of Nord. 32% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Nord 26%, France 30%).
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Maing | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Maing has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Maing yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maing | 3,954 | — | C | B− | A | D |
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 6,019 | 1.5 | D | B− | C− | D− |
| Thiant | 2,914 | 1.7 | D− | C | B− | D− |
| Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes | 7,080 | 2.2 | D | C+ | C | D |
| La Sentinelle | 3,103 | 2.9 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Valenciennes | 43,468 | 3.4 | D− | C | D− | C− |
| Hérin | 4,169 | 3.5 | D | B− | C+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #3 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #174 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.58/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Maing grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Maing is a commune of 3,954 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole. 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.