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A town of 2,178 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Prouvy 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 23% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,506/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Prouvy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Prouvy 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 Prouvy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pyramide commémorative de la bataille de Denain, in Haulchin, 1.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Prouvy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Prouvy. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 142 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 174, 23% 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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Prouvy, 83.6% passed the bac, lower than both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Jacques RousseauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 123 | 89%−3 pts |
| Lycée Alfred KastlerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 135 | 90%−2 pts |
| Collège TurgotBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 91 | 69%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 8 violent offenses and 20.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. 54 offenses were reported in Prouvy during 2025. With 2,850 jobs for 850 working residents, Prouvy draws people in from neighbouring communes. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Prouvy (2025).
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and burglary go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 13.0% 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. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Half of residents lived on more than €23,660 a year per consumption unit, about level with Nord’s towns (€23,900) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 1.8% of working residents in Prouvy at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Typical age in Prouvy: 41.7, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Prouvy | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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.
Behind the median of €1,506/m²: 59 houses and apartments sold in Prouvy between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.33/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.40/m² a month, close to Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,506/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Prouvy. Best known first.
Nothing in Prouvy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Prouvy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prouvy | 2,178 | — | — | C+ | C− | D− |
| Thiant | 2,914 | 1 | D− | C | B− | D− |
| Maing | 3,954 | 1.8 | C | B− | A | D |
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 6,019 | 1.8 | D | B− | C− | D− |
| Hérin | 4,169 | 2.2 | D | B− | C+ | D− |
| La Sentinelle | 3,103 | 2.4 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Denain | 20,665 | 2.7 | D− | B+ | D− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns. 90% of 135 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Alfred Kastler in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,506/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Prouvy grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Prouvy is a commune of 2,178 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole. 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.