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A town of 2,672 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Râches grades C− overall: better than 23% of compared French towns, and #109 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 12.1% unemployment. At the median price of €1,554/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 Douaisis Agglo. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% 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.
The one thing Râches does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Râches 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 Râches as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Flines-lez-Raches, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Râches.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
196 deaths in Râches between 2016 and 2025, close to the 196 that France’s rates at each age predict. Adjusted for age and care homes, Râches records 100 deaths per 100 expected, between Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). There are 4 general practitioners here. Also worth knowing: in Nord, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
12.1% of the labour force were unemployed, between Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 10.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Râches didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
92 sales of houses and apartments in Râches, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,554/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,554/m² | 92 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, about level with Nord’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Râches: 42.9, the median. Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Râches | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Among the graded crimes in Râches, the most frequent was family violence (2025). Over 2025, Râches logged 58 recorded offenses. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 8.2 violent offenses and 13.8 graded property crimes a year.
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 other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (12.8% of the index here). That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 3.7 mi away. The town’s schools place #108 of 195 in Nord on results. For collège, the closest is 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège GayantNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 49 | 59%−2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Paul LangevinNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 87 | 78%+2 pts |
| Collège Romain RollandBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 65 | 85%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Râches. Best known first.
MuseumMusée archéologique Arkéos900 m southwest, in DouaiMonastery or conventMonastery or conventAbbaye de Flines2.7 km east, in Flines-lez-RachesFortFortFort de Scarpe3.4 km southwest, in DouaiChâteauChâteauChâteau des comtes de Lallaing3.7 km southeast, in LallaingAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Beaulieu4.9 km south, in Sin-le-NoblePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Râches 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 Râches 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Râches | 2,672 | — | C− | C | B− | C− |
| Roost-Warendin | 5,956 | 1.4 | D− | C | B− | D− |
| Raimbeaucourt | 4,000 | 2.1 | C | C | A | D |
| Flines-lez-Raches | 5,745 | 2.2 | D | C− | B+ | D |
| Lallaing | 6,287 | 2.3 | C | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Waziers | 7,266 | 2.5 | D | B | D | D |
| Flers-en-Escrebieux | 5,424 | 3.2 | D− | C+ | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #72 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #108 of 195 in Nord. 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 €1,554/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Râches grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Râches is a commune of 2,672 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. 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.