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The town has 2,231 residents and lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
The local economy does well: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. Schools are a strength too (A) — bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3.3 points above the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,166/m² takes 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Méteren 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.
The one thing Méteren does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Méteren 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.
Méteren 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 Méteren as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Bailleul, 2.1 mi away.
3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Méteren. Best known first.
GardenConservatoire botanique national de Bailleul4.6 km east, in Bailleul
MuseumMusée Benoît-De-Puydt de Bailleul3.4 km east, in BailleulMuseumMuseumMusée Marguerite-Yourcenar3.1 km northeast, in Saint-Jans-CappelAttractionAttractionBeffroi de Bailleul3.3 km east, in BailleulChâteauChâteauChâteau de Wignacourt3.1 km west, in FlêtrePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Méteren.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 93% passed the bac pro, of 109 candidates. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 7 mi away. For collège, the closest is 1.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Immaculée Conception PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 99%+5 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 109 | 93%+2 pts |
| Collège Maxime DeytsBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 186 | 92%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €29,100 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 10.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 207 deaths in Méteren from 2016 to 2025; there were 231, 12% more. The nearest emergency department to Méteren is Centre hospitalier D Hazebrouck, 6.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Méteren can choose among 4 GPs.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
34% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Residents of Méteren have a median age of 43.8. Under 15: 19% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Méteren | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.16/m² a month, lower than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €9.21/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 50 homes were sold in Méteren.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,166/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.4 cases of violence against people and 14.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Méteren’s tally for 2025: 31 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 28.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Méteren is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Méteren.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méteren | 2,231 | — | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Bailleul | 14,732 | 2.1 | B | C | C | B− |
| Vieux-Berquin | 2,628 | 4.1 | — | B | — | B |
| Steenwerck | 3,450 | 5.2 | A− | B− | A− | C |
| Steenvoorde | 4,332 | 6.6 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
| Hazebrouck | 21,912 | 6.7 | B− | B− | B− | C− |
| Estaires | 6,525 | 6.9 | C | B− | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Méteren has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 91% 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 Méteren grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Méteren is a commune of 2,231 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre. 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.