Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Nord, Hauts-de-France, this town has 3,527 residents.
A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The catch is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, ranking #6 of 189 in Nord. Nationally, it does better than 90% of compared French towns.
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 Mérignies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mérignies 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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Mérignies has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1982.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mérignies.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Mérignies has 3 family doctors. Life expectancy at birth in Nord is 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 208 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 139, 33% fewer.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 4.3 mi away. Collège pupils travel 0.9 mi to the nearest one. Schools rank #24 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Françoise DoltoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 95%−1 pt |
| Collège Simone VeilBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 180 | 97%+1 pt |
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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.67/m² a month, above Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. A house rents for an estimated €12.87/m² a month. Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,366/m² | 115 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children are a fifth of the town. 17% of residents are 65 or over, below both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Mérignies | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.3% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 12% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 63% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
More of the graded crimes in Mérignies were other physical violence than anything else (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 60 recorded offenses. Violence against people ran at 7.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.9 (2023–2025 average).
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 family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 12.6% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The jobless rate is 5.4%. At the census, 8.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Mérignies has 600 jobs for 1,700 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 19th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.8% of the total, between Nord’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Mérignies. Best known first.
Mérignies has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Mérignies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mérignies | 3,527 | — | A | C | B | A |
| Pont-à-Marcq | 3,016 | 1 | A | C | B+ | C+ |
| Avelin | 2,561 | 2.7 | A− | C | B | A− |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle | 7,202 | 2.8 | A− | C | A− | D |
| Thumeries | 4,170 | 3.4 | B+ | B+ | A− | D |
| Fretin | 3,214 | 3.5 | B | D | C+ | C |
| Wahagnies | 2,613 | 4.2 | C+ | B+ | B− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #48 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 85% of compared French towns and #24 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mérignies grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Mérignies is a commune of 3,527 people in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. 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.