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Some 1,030 people live in this town, in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Where it does best is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: brevet results 7.2 points below the expected rate. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.2% unemployment.
Figures: 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) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Paillencourt 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.
Each subject compares Paillencourt 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.
Paillencourt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Paillencourt does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Paillencourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Bastion des Forges, in Bouchain, 3.2 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Paillencourt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Paillencourt.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.5 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 5.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 73 | 85%−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.
Paillencourt has 3 family doctors. Life expectancy in Nord: 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 81 residents of Paillencourt died, against 69 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Nord’s towns (12%) and close to compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 18% of the town. Degrees are held by 34% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Paillencourt | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.49/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.36/m² a month, close to Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Paillencourt recorded 35 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,484/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 10.2%, below Nord’s towns (13.2%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,060 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 3.3% of working residents in Paillencourt at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Family days out, heritage and other places to visit in and near Paillencourt. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Paillencourt yet.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Paillencourt is a commune of 1,030 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paillencourt | 1,030 | — | — | B | — | D− |
| Iwuy | 3,403 | 2.3 | C− | A− | C | D− |
| Bouchain | 4,113 | 3.1 | D | C+ | B | D |
| Escaudœuvres | 3,171 | 3.8 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy | 4,012 | 4.8 | B | A− | B− | C+ |
| Neuville-sur-Escaut | 2,901 | 4.9 | C− | B− | B+ | D |
| Rœulx | 3,743 | 5.1 | C | B | A− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Paillencourt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Paillencourt 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 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.