Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,286 residents and lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Neuf-Mesnil’s best grade is for cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 16.3% unemployment. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns: bac results 3.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.3 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Neuf-Mesnil 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 Neuf-Mesnil does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Neuf-Mesnil 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.
Neuf-Mesnil 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 Neuf-Mesnil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne poterie Gibon, in Ferrière-la-Petite, 5.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Neuf-Mesnil. Best known first.
FortFort de Leveau4.4 km northeast, in Feignies
ZooZoo de Maubeuge4.4 km east, in MaubeugeAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Maubeuge5 km east, in MaubeugeFortFortEnceinte de Maubeuge4.6 km east, in MaubeugeMuseumMuseumMusée Henri Boez4.4 km east, in MaubeugePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Neuf-Mesnil.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Neuf-Mesnil have one GP on hand. Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 108 residents of Neuf-Mesnil died, against 89 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% more.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
72.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Neuf-Mesnil, below both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The bac pro: 72% of 304 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km. Collège pupils travel 0.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre de RonsardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 67 | 61%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent André LurçatNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 167 | 75%−7 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame de Grâce PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 158 | 95%+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 estimated advertised rent is €10.32/m² a month, lower than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.32/m² a month. 34 houses and apartments changed hands in Neuf-Mesnil from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,013/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up a fifth of residents. The 15-to-24 age group: 13%, above both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Neuf-Mesnil has a median age of 40.1 years.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Neuf-Mesnil | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 8.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate comes to 16.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 15.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 11 (2023–2025 average). All told, Neuf-Mesnil had 21 recorded offenses in 2025. Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime here was family violence (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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (33.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Neuf-Mesnil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Neuf-Mesnil.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuf-Mesnil | 1,286 | — | — | B | — | D− |
| Hautmont | 14,152 | 1.1 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Louvroil | 6,294 | 2 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Maubeuge | 28,767 | 2.4 | D− | B− | D | D |
| Feignies | 6,703 | 2.4 | D− | B− | C− | D |
| Ferrière-la-Grande | 5,131 | 3.9 | D | B− | B− | D− |
| Rousies | 3,980 | 4 | C− | B− | A− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Neuf-Mesnil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. 75% of 167 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent André Lurçat in 2025, 7 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Neuf-Mesnil grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Neuf-Mesnil is a commune of 1,286 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre. 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.