Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,428 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Provin grades C overall: better than 27% of compared French towns, and #93 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,121/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Its strongest is walkability (A): 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Provin 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 Provin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Carvin, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Provin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Provin sits above both Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 358 residents of Provin died, against 256 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% more. 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
12.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Provin has 600 jobs for 1,950 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Provin above both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). 16% of residents are 65 or over.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Provin | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Provin, 93.1% passed the bac, above Nord’s towns (90.4%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège DoletNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 79%−8 pts |
| Lycée DiderotNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 150 | 98%+4 pts |
| Collège Albert BallBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 129 | 95%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,121/m², comes from 137 sales of houses and apartments in Provin from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,115/m² | 135 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 98 offenses in the graded categories in Provin in 2025. For vehicle theft, 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, 5.3% 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
Nothing in Provin 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 Provin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provin | 4,428 | — | C | C | B− | D− |
| Bauvin | 5,249 | 0.6 | C | C+ | B− | D |
| Annœullin | 10,847 | 1.3 | C | C | C− | D |
| Meurchin Pas-de-Calais | 3,691 | 1.5 | C | C | A− | D− |
| Billy-Berclau Pas-de-Calais | 5,093 | 2 | B | C | A− | D− |
| Allennes-les-Marais | 3,545 | 2.4 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| Carvin Pas-de-Calais | 17,909 | 2.6 | D | C | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #71 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 45 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #52 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 98% of 150 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Diderot in 2025, 4 points above 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 €2,121/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.89/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Provin grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Provin is a commune of 4,428 people in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. 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.