Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,126 people call this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France home.
Poix-du-Nord’s best grade is for cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car (A−): 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents’ health trails most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 41% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment.
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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Poix-du-Nord 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.
The 2 things Poix-du-Nord does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Poix-du-Nord 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.
Poix-du-Nord has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Poix-du-Nord, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2021.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Poix-du-Nord.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Nord, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 222 deaths in Poix-du-Nord between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 157: 41% above. The nearest emergency department to Poix-du-Nord is Centre hospitalier de le Cateau, 6.7 mi away. The town has one family doctor.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,152/m², below Nord’s towns (€1,810/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. Poix-du-Nord recorded 77 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,165/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, between Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Poix-du-Nord 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.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège MontaigneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 57 | 84%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 13% of residents. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). 21% of adults hold a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Poix-du-Nord | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Poix-du-Nord, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Family violence topped the graded crimes in Poix-du-Nord (2025). In all, 24 offenses reached the police record here in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.9 violent offenses and 9.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (31.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Poix-du-Nord, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Poix-du-Nord 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poix-du-Nord | 2,126 | — | — | A | — | D− |
| Le Quesnoy | 4,878 | 4.4 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| Solesmes | 4,142 | 5 | B | A | C− | D |
| Landrecies | 3,407 | 5.6 | C | A+ | C− | D |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis | 6,764 | 6.6 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Berlaimont | 3,159 | 8.7 | C− | B | B | C |
| Caudry | 13,833 | 9.9 | D | B+ | D− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Poix-du-Nord has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Poix-du-Nord grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Poix-du-Nord is a commune of 2,126 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mormal. 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 9, 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.