Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Nord, Hauts-de-France, this town has 1,663 residents.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.1% unemployment. At the median price of €2,192/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C).
Figures: employment and 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Moncheaux 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 Moncheaux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Moncheaux 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.
Moncheaux 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 Moncheaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre à Antioche, in Tourmignies, 3.6 mi away.
11% 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 Moncheaux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Moncheaux is Polyclinique Med Chir D Henin Beaumont, 6.3 mi away. Adjusted mortality here: 96 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 107 residents of Moncheaux died, against 111 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. In Nord, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Half of residents lived on more than €30,840 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 18% of residents are 65 or older. Half of Moncheaux is older than 43.9, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Moncheaux | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 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.
General-bac pupils go 5.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert CamusNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 164 | 90%−3 pts |
| Collège Docteur Ernest SchaffnerBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 122 | 92%+7 pts |
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.
The median price, €2,192/m², comes from 50 sales of houses and apartments in Moncheaux from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.29/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,192/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Moncheaux. Best known first.
Nothing in Moncheaux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Moncheaux yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moncheaux | 1,663 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Raimbeaucourt | 4,000 | 1.5 | C | C | A | D |
| Leforest Pas-de-Calais | 7,060 | 1.6 | C | C | B | C− |
| Thumeries | 4,170 | 1.7 | B+ | B+ | A− | D |
| Évin-Malmaison Pas-de-Calais | 4,628 | 2.5 | D | C | C+ | D− |
| Ostricourt | 6,097 | 2.5 | C | A− | C− | C− |
| Roost-Warendin | 5,956 | 2.9 | D− | C | B− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Moncheaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 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 B, better than 55% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,192/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Moncheaux grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Moncheaux is a commune of 1,663 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.