Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,949 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
School results trail most towns: brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,148/m² takes 3.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole. Its strongest subject is walkability: 73% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a D− overall, behind almost every compared French town. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Safety lags (D): an average of 16.9 recorded violent incidents and 17 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and 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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Quiévrechain 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Quiévrechain does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Quiévrechain as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Druon, in Sebourg, 3.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Quiévrechain 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 Quiévrechain.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 5.8 mi off. On results, collèges and lycées here come #189 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jehan FroissartNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 93 | 70%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
669 deaths in Quiévrechain between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 463: 45% above. The nearest emergency department to Quiévrechain is Polyclinique Vauban, 7.1 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Quiévrechain can choose among 11 GPs. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Nord is 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Police and gendarmerie figures for Quiévrechain show 225 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Half of residents lived on more than €18,600 a year per consumption unit, below Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 2.9% of Quiévrechain’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents are 65 or over. The 15-to-24 age group: 14%, higher than both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Quiévrechain are older than 37.6.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Quiévrechain | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.09/m² a month, lower than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 91% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 147 homes were sold in Quiévrechain.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,141/m² | 134 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2 notable people were born in Quiévrechain.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Quiévrechain is a commune of 5,949 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quiévrechain | 5,949 | — | D− | B | D | D− |
| Crespin | 4,532 | 1.4 | D− | B− | C+ | D− |
| Quarouble | 3,145 | 2 | D | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Onnaing | 8,479 | 3.1 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Fresnes-sur-Escaut | 7,354 | 4.9 | D | B+ | C− | D− |
| Saint-Saulve | 10,947 | 5 | C | C− | C+ | B− |
| Escautpont | 4,202 | 5 | D− | B− | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #153 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 68 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns and #189 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Quiévrechain grades B 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.