Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,961 residents make their home in this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Marquillies’s strongest subject is walkability — 6% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on cost of living (C−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are weaker too — bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results 2.9 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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Marquillies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Marquillies 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.
Marquillies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Marquillies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Carvin, 5.6 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marquillies.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Marquillies records 101 deaths per 100 expected, below Nord’s towns (105) but above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 241 residents of Marquillies died, against 174 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% more. The nearest emergency department to Marquillies is Centre hospitalier de Seclin, 6.5 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 64 homes were sold in Marquillies. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.72/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €12.41/m² a month, close to both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,553/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 8.8%, below Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 350 jobs are based in Marquillies, for 900 working residents (0.4 per worker). No commute at all: 4.1% of working residents locally at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, about level with Nord’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Aged 15 to 24: 11% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Marquillies | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Marquillies is 82.8%, below Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 4 mi away. A collège lies 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège DoletNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 79%−8 pts |
| Lycée professionnel BoillyNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 103 | 87%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Marquillies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Marquillies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquillies | 1,961 | — | — | C− | — | C− |
| Sainghin-en-Weppes | 5,638 | 1.5 | B+ | C− | A− | C |
| Salomé | 3,182 | 1.9 | B− | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Billy-Berclau Pas-de-Calais | 5,093 | 2.4 | B | C | A− | D− |
| La Bassée | 6,650 | 2.9 | C− | C+ | C− | D |
| Bauvin | 5,249 | 3 | C | C+ | B− | D |
| Wavrin | 7,758 | 3.3 | C+ | C− | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Marquillies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Marquillies grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Marquillies is a commune of 1,961 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.