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A town in Nord, Hauts-de-France, home to 1,491 people.
Where it does best is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. Health is its weak spot — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,591/m² costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. It is hard to get around without a car (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. Mouchin 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.
Each subject compares Mouchin 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.
Mouchin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Mouchin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour à diables, in Orchies, 3.8 mi away.
21% 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 Mouchin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Mouchin’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, lower than Nord’s towns (105) yet higher than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 94 residents of Mouchin died, against 97 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Mouchin is Etablissement de Sante Saint Vincent Lille, 11.8 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Mouchin can choose among 5 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
The unemployment rate comes to 4.8%. 7.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
44 sales of houses and apartments in Mouchin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,591/m². A house rents for an estimated €12.65/m² a month. Houses were 98% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,716/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 count for 19% of the people here. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Nord’s towns (12%). Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Mouchin | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Mouchin in 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
Nothing in Mouchin 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 Mouchin 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 →
Mouchin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,591/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mouchin grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Mouchin is a commune of 1,491 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.