Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,847 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Phalempin grades A overall: better than 91% of compared French towns, and #5 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject 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. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Phalempin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Phalempin 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Phalempin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Piat, in Seclin, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Phalempin.
That puts Phalempin above both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 6.3%.
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.
On this, Phalempin is above both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean DemaillyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 92 | 93%+9 pts |
| Lycée Marguerite de FlandreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 391 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège Jean de Saint-AubertBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 86 | 87%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 88 offenses in the graded categories in Phalempin in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence and 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, 5.9% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,708/m², comes from 198 sales of houses and apartments in Phalempin from July 2023 to June 2026. In Phalempin, houses go for €2,537/m² and apartments for €3,043/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.31/m² a month, above both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,537/m² | 139 |
| Apartments | €3,043/m² | 59 |
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 456 residents of Phalempin died, against 457 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 0% fewer. Its two care homes for older people (72 places) count their residents as Phalempin’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
In the comparison, Phalempin comes above both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). 16% of residents are children under 15.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Phalempin | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and heritage in and near Phalempin. Best known first.
MuseumFosse n° 2 des mines d'Ostricourt4.9 km south, in LibercourtMuseumMuseumCentre Denis Papin - CMCF Oignies4.9 km south, in OigniesMuseumMuseumAmbulants Postaux Ferroviaires4.9 km south, in OigniesMuseumMuseumAtelier Pacific4.9 km south, in OigniesChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Avelin4.9 km northeast, in AvelinPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Phalempin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Phalempin yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phalempin | 4,847 | — | A | C+ | B | B |
| Seclin | 13,261 | 2.3 | C− | C− | D− | D |
| Wahagnies | 2,613 | 2.3 | C+ | B+ | B− | C− |
| Libercourt Pas-de-Calais | 7,973 | 2.4 | D | C+ | D | D− |
| Gondecourt | 4,148 | 2.6 | A | C+ | B | B |
| Carvin Pas-de-Calais | 17,909 | 3.2 | D | C | D | D |
| Allennes-les-Marais | 3,545 | 3.2 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #48 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns and #34 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 99% of 391 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marguerite de Flandre 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.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Phalempin grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Phalempin is a commune of 4,847 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.