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The town, home to 2,901 people, lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Recorded crime is low (B+): an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 11.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Walkability is a strength too (B+) — just over nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,420/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. The overall grade lands at C−, #115 of 189 in Nord. That leaves it better than just over a fifth of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Neuville-sur-Escaut 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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The 2 things Neuville-sur-Escaut does most differently from other towns.
Neuville-sur-Escaut has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Raphaël Lardeur, born in 1890, is the one person born in Neuville-sur-Escaut before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Neuville-sur-Escaut has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Gare de Bouchain et sa halle ferroviaire: Photo: Serge Ottaviani · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Neuville-sur-Escaut.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 240 residents of Neuville-sur-Escaut died, against 208 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. There is one general practitioner in the town.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Neuville-sur-Escaut, 87.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Ranked by results, schools here are #165 of 195 in Nord. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VoltaireNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 79 | 67%−8 pts |
| Lycée Jules MousseronNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 204 | 92%+1 pt |
| Collège Félicien JolyBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 87%+16 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 43 offenses were recorded in Neuville-sur-Escaut. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 43 offenses in the graded categories in the town 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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 17.6% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
6.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €21,950 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 20% of residents are under 15. 18% of residents are 65 or over, below both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Neuville-sur-Escaut has a median age of 38.3 years.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Neuville-sur-Escaut | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Neuville-sur-Escaut; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,420/m²: 86 houses and apartments sold in Neuville-sur-Escaut between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,420/m² | 86 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Neuville-sur-Escaut. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Neuville-sur-Escaut.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Neuville-sur-Escaut is a commune of 2,901 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuville-sur-Escaut | 2,901 | — | C− | B− | B+ | D |
| Rœulx | 3,743 | 1.1 | C | B | A− | D− |
| Lourches | 3,734 | 1.1 | D− | B+ | D | D− |
| Douchy-les-Mines | 10,109 | 1.7 | D− | B− | C | D− |
| Bouchain | 4,113 | 1.9 | D | C+ | B | D |
| Escaudain | 9,039 | 2.5 | D | B | C− | D− |
| Denain | 20,665 | 2.6 | D− | B+ | D− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #36 of 189 in Nord.
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns and #165 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 92% of 204 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jules Mousseron in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,420/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Neuville-sur-Escaut grades B− for cost of living.
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 9, 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.