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A town of 1,425 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is jobs & income: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 13.7% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and C+ for walkability. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Rieux-en-Cambrésis 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.
Each subject compares Rieux-en-Cambrésis 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.
Rieux-en-Cambrésis has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Rieux-en-Cambrésis does most differently from other towns.
Rieux-en-Cambrésis has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Rieux-en-Cambrésis has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rieux-en-Cambrésis.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 285 residents of Rieux-en-Cambrésis died, against 159 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 79% more. The town has 2 family doctors.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,190/m², below both Nord’s towns (€1,810/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses were 97% of what sold. 39 houses and apartments changed hands in Rieux-en-Cambrésis from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,249/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 133 | 88%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stood at 13.7%, about level with Nord’s towns (13.2%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,980 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 3.9% of working residents in Rieux-en-Cambrésis didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. 17% are under 15, below Nord’s towns (19%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Rieux-en-Cambrésis has a median age of 45.9.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Rieux-en-Cambrésis | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 7.8 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 7.7. The police record for Rieux-en-Cambrésis lists 13 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime in the town was family violence (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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 60.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Rieux-en-Cambrésis. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Rieux-en-Cambrésis.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Rieux-en-Cambrésis is a commune of 1,425 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rieux-en-Cambrésis | 1,425 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert | 3,562 | 1.4 | C+ | B+ | C+ | D |
| Iwuy | 3,403 | 2.5 | C− | A− | C | D− |
| Escaudœuvres | 3,171 | 3.9 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
| Haspres | 2,626 | 4.8 | C− | B+ | B+ | D |
| Cambrai | 31,134 | 5.3 | C− | B | D | D |
| Bouchain | 4,113 | 5.8 | D | C+ | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rieux-en-Cambrésis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rieux-en-Cambrésis grades A 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 9, 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.