Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 11,995 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Marly grades D overall: better than 10% of compared French towns, and #144 of 189 in Nord. At the median price of €1,500/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Marly does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marly 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Marly as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour de Dodenne, in Valenciennes, 1 mi away.
2.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Marly. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Arts et de l'Archéologie de Valenciennes1.7 km northwest, in ValenciennesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Fontenelle4.5 km southwest, in MaingChâteauChâteauChâteau Dampierre3.5 km northwest, in AnzinFortFortTour de la Dodenne1.6 km northwest, in ValenciennesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Valenciennes2.2 km northwest, in ValenciennesFortFortCitadelle de Valenciennes2.5 km northwest, in ValenciennesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marly.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Marly’s deaths ran at 105 per 100 expected, close to Nord’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,394 residents of Marly died, against 1,154 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% 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
Marly sits above both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €22,190 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 379 offenses in the graded categories in Marly in 2025. 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, 0.2% of the index here.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Marly, 89.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Nord’s towns (90.4%) and below compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Alphonse TerroirNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 122 | 83%+2 pts |
| Lycée WatteauNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 351 | 95%−1 pt |
| Lycée Dampierre PrivateBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 72 | 85%+12 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.
The median sale price was €1,500/m², close to Nord’s towns (€1,810/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). In Marly, houses go for €1,486/m² and apartments for €1,663/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,486/m² | 331 |
| Apartments | €1,663/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Marly above both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%).
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Marly | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Marly is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Marly.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marly | 11,995 | — | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes | 7,080 | 1.3 | D | C+ | C | D |
| Valenciennes | 43,468 | 1.5 | D− | C | D− | C− |
| Saint-Saulve | 10,947 | 1.9 | C | C− | C+ | B− |
| Anzin | 13,183 | 2.6 | D | B− | D | D− |
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 6,019 | 2.6 | D | B− | C− | D− |
| La Sentinelle | 3,103 | 2.8 | D− | B− | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #128 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 142 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #124 of 195 in Nord. 95% of 351 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Watteau 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.81/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Marly grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Marly is a commune of 11,995 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.