Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 7,764 people live in this town, in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
The weak point is cost of living (C) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, Nieppe earns a B−, which places it #55 of 189 in Nord. It comes out better than 45% of compared French towns. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools, C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Nieppe 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Nieppe as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Observatoire militaire 1914-1918, in Frelinghien, 5.4 mi away.
2.7% 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 Nieppe.
Half of residents lived on more than €26,140 a year per consumption unit, above Nord’s towns (€23,900) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Nieppe holds 2,550 jobs; 3,250 of its residents are in work, so 0.8 jobs each. No commute at all: 2.9% of working residents here at the census.
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.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.20/m² a month. Sales in Nieppe from July 2023 to June 2026: 250 houses and apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €12.66/m² a month, higher than Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,360/m² | 232 |
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 6.5 cases of violence against people and 18.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). For 2025, the figures show 182 offenses in Nieppe. Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (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 · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 84% passed the bac pro, of 372 candidates at 3 lycées. By results, schools here place #87 of 195 in Nord. Near Nieppe, 92.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than Nord’s towns (90.4%) and near compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Martin PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 74 | 99%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Gustave EiffelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 243 | 96%−1 pt |
| Institut Nicolas Barré PrivateBest against expectations: 21 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 205 | 87%+21 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Nord is 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 791 deaths in Nieppe between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 687: 15% above. The town has 10 family doctors.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Half the people of Nieppe are older than 42.4. People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, higher than Nord’s towns (19%) yet lower than compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for just over a tenth of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Nieppe | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Nieppe. Best known first.
Nothing in Nieppe is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
5 notable people were born in Nieppe.
Henri Deconinck: Agence Rol, Public domain · Théophile Depreux: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nieppe | 7,764 | — | B− | C | C+ | C+ |
| Erquinghem-Lys | 5,341 | 1.6 | B+ | C− | A | C+ |
| Armentières | 26,998 | 1.7 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| La Chapelle-d'Armentières | 8,754 | 2.7 | B | C− | C+ | B |
| Houplines | 7,921 | 3 | C | C | C+ | C− |
| Steenwerck | 3,450 | 3.2 | A− | B− | A− | C |
| Fleurbaix Pas-de-Calais | 2,947 | 3.6 | — | C− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #97 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 34 burglaries and 61 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #87 of 195 in Nord. 96% of 243 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Gustave Eiffel in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Nieppe grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Nieppe is a commune of 7,764 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.