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With 6,097 residents, it is a town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Work and incomes lag: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 16.1% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to a C overall, ranking #85 of 189 in Nord. It comes out better than 29% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Ostricourt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ostricourt 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 Ostricourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Mines d'Ostricourt, in Oignies, 1.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ostricourt.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.20/m² a month, below Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Ostricourt recorded 140 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Also worth knowing: for a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.68/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,903/m² | 140 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 432 deaths in Ostricourt from 2016 to 2025; there were 488, 13% more. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, below Nord’s towns (105) but above compared French towns (88). At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 13% of residents. Degrees are held by 25% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Ostricourt | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 12.6 violent offenses and 15.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie recorded 164 offenses in Ostricourt in 2025. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent 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, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €21,160 a year. At the census, nearly a tenth of working residents in Ostricourt went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #114 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri MatisseNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 60 | 78%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Joliot CurieNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 126 | 83%−2 pts |
| Collège Anne FrankBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 128 | 91%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Ostricourt. Best known first.
MuseumFosse n° 2 des mines d'Ostricourt2.7 km northwest, in LibercourtMuseumMuseumCentre Denis Papin - CMCF Oignies2.6 km northwest, in OigniesMuseumMuseumCentre de la mine et du chemin de fer2.9 km west, in OigniesMuseumMuseumAmbulants Postaux Ferroviaires2.8 km northwest, in OigniesMuseumMuseumAtelier Pacific2.6 km northwest, in OigniesChâteauChâteauChâteau Declercq2.8 km west, in OigniesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Ostricourt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Ostricourt.
Noureddine Kourichi: The original uploader was Sandervalya at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 2.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ostricourt | 6,097 | — | C | A− | C− | C− |
| Oignies Pas-de-Calais | 10,323 | 1.3 | C− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Évin-Malmaison Pas-de-Calais | 4,628 | 1.4 | D | C | C+ | D− |
| Libercourt Pas-de-Calais | 7,973 | 1.8 | D | C+ | D | D− |
| Wahagnies | 2,613 | 1.8 | C+ | B+ | B− | C− |
| Thumeries | 4,170 | 1.9 | B+ | B+ | A− | D |
| Leforest Pas-de-Calais | 7,060 | 2.1 | C | C | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #119 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 55 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns and #114 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ostricourt grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Ostricourt is a commune of 6,097 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.
