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2,338 people call this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France home.
Schools do well: bac results 3.5 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Its weakest is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €1,212/m² costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 16.8% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Recquignies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Recquignies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Recquignies 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.
Recquignies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Recquignies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne poterie Gibon, in Ferrière-la-Petite, 3.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Recquignies.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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 157 deaths in Recquignies from 2016 to 2025; there were 213, 36% more. For a family doctor, residents of Recquignies have one GP on hand.
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.
Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Recquignies | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 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.
Near Recquignies, 92.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than Nord’s towns (90.4%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Charles de GaulleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 63 | 73%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Pierre ForestNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 366 | 95%+3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Louis ArmandBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 32 | 88%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
6.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €20,830 a year per consumption unit, below Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 1.4% of working residents in Recquignies 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.
71 sales of houses and apartments in Recquignies, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,212/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €7.42/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 71 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,212/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Recquignies. Best known first.
Nothing in Recquignies 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 Recquignies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recquignies | 2,338 | — | — | B− | — | D− |
| Boussois | 3,123 | 0.7 | B− | B− | A− | D− |
| Marpent | 2,653 | 1.5 | C | B− | C+ | C+ |
| Rousies | 3,980 | 2.3 | C− | B− | A− | D− |
| Jeumont | 10,160 | 2.5 | C− | B− | C− | C− |
| Ferrière-la-Grande | 5,131 | 3 | D | B− | B− | D− |
| Maubeuge | 28,767 | 4 | D− | B− | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Recquignies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 10.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 95% of 366 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pierre Forest in 2025, 3 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 €1,212/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.54/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Recquignies grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Recquignies is a commune of 2,338 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre. 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 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.