Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 2,689 people, lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Its strongest is cost of living (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. At B+ overall, Masnières is better than 69% of compared French towns and ranks #21 of 189 in Nord. It also does well on schools — brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. The trade-off is jobs & income: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 13.7% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Masnières does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Masnières 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 Masnières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye de Vaucelles, in Les Rues-des-Vignes, 2.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Masnières.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (41 places) counts its residents as Masnières’; allowing for it, deaths were 5% above expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 220 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 284, 29% more. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 3 GPs practise locally.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.65/m² a month, below Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.98/m² a month. Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,206/m² | 93 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.1 mi away. School results put the town #36 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 97 | 87%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 13.7%, near Nord’s towns (13.2%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 2.8% of working residents in Masnières at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children are a fifth of the town. Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, lower than both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Masnières are older than 40.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Masnières | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 11.3 cases of violence against people and 8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). All told, Masnières had 48 recorded offenses in 2025. Family violence topped the graded crimes in Masnières (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 19.1% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, gardens and heritage in and near Masnières. Best known first.
Nothing in Masnières is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Masnières as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masnières | 2,689 | — | B+ | A− | B | D |
| Proville | 3,206 | 3.4 | B+ | B+ | A− | C− |
| Cambrai | 31,134 | 4.4 | C− | B | D | D |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy | 4,012 | 5.2 | B | A− | B− | C+ |
| Escaudœuvres | 3,171 | 6.1 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
| Caudry | 13,833 | 9.1 | D | B+ | D− | D− |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert | 3,562 | 9.6 | C+ | B+ | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #53 of 189 in Nord.
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns and #36 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Masnières grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Masnières is a commune of 2,689 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai. 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.