Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Pont-à-Marcq’s overall grade, A, puts it better than 88% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #7 of 189 in Nord. Work and incomes are strong (A): 1 job per working resident; 6.6% unemployment. Schools are another plus (A−): brevet results at the expected rate. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Pont-à-Marcq 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 one thing Pont-à-Marcq does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pont-à-Marcq as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre à Antioche, in Tourmignies, 1.8 mi away.
4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Pont-à-Marcq 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 Pont-à-Marcq.
Pont-à-Marcq has 1,500 jobs for 1,450 working residents, 1 per worker. The median disposable income was €28,660 a year per consumption unit, above Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Public transport took 5.0% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
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 results, collèges and lycées here come #24 of 195 in Nord. The nearest general lycée is 4.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Françoise DoltoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 95%−1 pt |
| Collège Simone VeilBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 180 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The police record for Pont-à-Marcq lists 54 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 8.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9.4. In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes 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 · When 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 (15.0% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.06/m² a month, higher than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 79% were houses. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €12.61/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,767/m² | 89 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 16% of the population here. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, near Nord’s towns (19%) and lower than compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Pont-à-Marcq is 41.5 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Pont-à-Marcq | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 245 residents of Pont-à-Marcq died, against 240 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. 4 GPs practise here.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Pont-à-Marcq. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Pont-à-Marcq as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Pont-à-Marcq is a commune of 3,016 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-à-Marcq | 3,016 | — | A | C | B+ | C+ |
| Mérignies | 3,527 | 1 | A | C | B | A |
| Avelin | 2,561 | 1.8 | A− | C | B | A− |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle | 7,202 | 2.6 | A− | C | A− | D |
| Fretin | 3,214 | 2.7 | B | D | C+ | C |
| Thumeries | 4,170 | 4 | B+ | B+ | A− | D |
| Seclin | 13,261 | 4.1 | C− | C− | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #38 of 189 in Nord.
They grade A−, better than 85% of compared French towns and #24 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pont-à-Marcq grades C 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.