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A town of 1,000 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Prisches has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Prisches does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Prisches 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 Prisches as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, 8 mi away.
41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Prisches.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 125 residents of Prisches died, against 92 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% more. In Nord, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 2 GPs practise in the town. The nearest emergency department to Prisches is Centre hospitalier de le Cateau, 10.4 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.66/m² a month, lower than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €6.86/m² a month. 35 houses and apartments changed hands in Prisches from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €946/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Median disposable income comes to €22,980 a year per consumption unit. Jobs located in Prisches: 150, for 400 residents in work (0.4 each). Unemployment stood at 9.6%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Nord’s towns (13.2%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 19%, close to Nord’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 23% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Prisches | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Prisches is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Prisches.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prisches | 1,000 | — | — | A− | — | D− |
| Landrecies | 3,407 | 4.7 | C | A+ | C− | D |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 4,012 | 7.9 | C+ | A | D− | D− |
| Berlaimont | 3,159 | 8.9 | C− | B | B | C |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries | 8,612 | 9.2 | D− | B | D | D− |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis | 6,764 | 10 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Sains-du-Nord | 2,755 | 11 | C− | A− | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Prisches has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Prisches grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Prisches is a commune of 1,000 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de l'Avesnois. 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.