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A town of 2,651 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Nomain has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,703/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2.1 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Nomain does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nomain 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.
Nomain has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Nomain as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour à diables, in Orchies, 1.9 mi away.
16% 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 Nomain.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Nomain, that is above both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de la Providence PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 128 | 100%+4 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame de la Providence PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 86 | 99%+2 pts |
| Collège du PévèleBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 225 | 94%+1 pt |
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 197 residents of Nomain died, against 208 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
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
Nomain sits above both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Nomain | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
That puts Nomain above both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.3% of the labour force are out of work. Nomain has 400 jobs for 1,300 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
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.
The median price, €2,703/m², comes from 71 sales of houses and apartments in Nomain from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,715/m² | 70 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 22 offenses in the graded categories in Nomain in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 38.4% of the index here.
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 Nomain is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Nomain.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nomain | 2,651 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Orchies | 8,396 | 2 | B− | B− | C− | C− |
| Genech | 2,803 | 2.2 | — | C | — | C |
| Landas | 2,518 | 3 | — | B− | — | C |
| Beuvry-la-Forêt | 2,861 | 3.6 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle | 7,202 | 3.6 | A− | C | A− | D |
| Coutiches | 3,436 | 4.1 | — | C+ | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Nomain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #16 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 99% of 86 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame de la Providence in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.64/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Nomain grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Nomain is a commune of 2,651 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.