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A town of 911 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.

Is Mastaing a good place to live?

Mastaing is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Église Saint-Martin
Église Saint-Martin · Classé · Photo: JackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mastaing’s story

Mastaing in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Mastaing counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1921First protected: Église Saint-Martin
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mastaing.

History

1 historic monument, 1 classé

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Mastaing is Église Saint-Martin. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, higher than both Nord’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%).

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

1921
first monument protected
11%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Mastaing has fewer young adults than Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1% are 15 to 24

Degrees are held by 23% of adults, lower than both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 24% of the town. Ages in Mastaing split evenly at 44.3: half are older, half younger.

44.3median age
MastaingNord medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mastaing
MastaingNord medianFrance median
Under 1518%19%17%
15–248.1%12%11%
25–4424%24%23%
45–6425%25%26%
65+24%19%22%
No diploma16%23%19%
CAP or BEP32%26%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education23%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 5.6% of commuters in Mastaing go to work without a car, fewer than in Nord’s towns and across compared French towns

After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,140 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Mastaing counts 0.3 jobs (100 jobs, 350 workers). A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Nord’s towns (13.2%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Mastaing, 0.3 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,140
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

75.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 2.4 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The bac pass rate near Mastaing is 87.5%, below both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.9 mi away.

97%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Mastaing75.4%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Mastaing87.5%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège de l'OstrevantNearest collègeCollègeCollège16072%−10 pts
Lycée Louis PasteurNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée30597%+3 pts
Collège Félicien JolyBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège9987%+16 pts

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97%
passed the general and technological bac, +3 pts against the expected rate
67%
passed the vocational bac, −10 pts against the expected rate
75.4%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2.4 pts against the expected rate
1.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Mastaing is €11.36/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

A house rents for an estimated €8.49/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 18 homes in Mastaing.

€11.36/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mastaing€11.36/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Nord median€11.81/m²
€11.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.32 to €13.84/m² a month)
€8.49/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Motte castrale d'Hasencort and 6 more in and around Mastaing

Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Mastaing. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mastaing

13pages on Mastaing

Landmarks

Mastaing has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Martin: Photo: JackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Mastaing

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mastaing yet.

How we find them →

Mastaing’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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RœulxAbsconBouchainNeuville-sur-EscautLourchesEscaudainRœulxAbsconBouchainNeuville-sur-EscautLourchesEscaudainMastaing
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mastaing911—————
Rœulx3,7431.2CBA−D−
Abscon4,1081.8C+BAD
Bouchain4,1131.8DC+BD
Neuville-sur-Escaut2,9012.2C−B−B+D
Lourches3,7342.2D−B+DD−
Escaudain9,0392.4DBC−D−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Mastaing

Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France

Mastaing is a commune of 911 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. 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

Population
911 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut
Département
Nord (59)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.4 sq mi (6.3 km²)
INSEE code
59391

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.