Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 19,787 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
A tough set of grades. Incomes are on the low side: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 14.4% unemployment. Ronchin’s overall C− puts it #119 of 189 in Nord. Set against the rest, it does better than 20% of compared French towns. It lags on cost of living as well — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car: 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 31% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are another plus — bac results 0.8 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.6 points above the expected rate.
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.
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 Ronchin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ronchin 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Ronchin counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
3.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Alexandre Lamblin, born in 1884, is the one person born in Ronchin before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Ronchin. Best known first.
MuseumPalais des Beaux-Arts de Lille3.5 km northwest, in Lille
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille4.5 km northwest, in Lille
ChâteauChâteau de Flers4.8 km northeast, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
MuseumMusée d'Histoire naturelle de Lille3 km northwest, in Lille
AttractionJardin des plantes de Lille1.9 km northwest, in Lille
MuseumHospice Comtesse4.6 km northwest, in LillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ronchin.
14.4% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,210 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 17.9% of working residents in Ronchin went to work by public transport.
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.
655 sales of houses and apartments in Ronchin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,375/m². Houses in Ronchin sell for €2,325/m² and apartments for €2,493/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,325/m² | 450 |
| Apartments | €2,493/m² | 205 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Ronchin. Violence against people ran at 6.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 22.1 (2023–2025 average). The town’s tally for 2025: 623 recorded offenses.
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 armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 make up 20%, above Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. Degrees are held by 38% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Ronchin | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
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, 1,477 residents of Ronchin died, about as many as the 1,479 expected from France’s death rates at each age. This Nord town has 19 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 86% passed the bac pro, of 620 candidates at 6 lycées. Its collèges and lycées rank #61 of 195 in Nord on results. At the 13 general lycées, 97% of 3,196 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gernez RieuxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 83%±0 pts |
| Lycée FaidherbeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 376 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 17 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 96 | 98%+17 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.
Homes from before 1919 make up 3.8% of the total. Among the classé monuments in Ronchin is Église Sainte-Rictrude.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Ronchin has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Sainte-Rictrude: Photo: Floflo62 · CC BY-SA 3.0
6 notable people were born in Ronchin.
Roger Martin: Talchan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mig: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Claude Vaillant: Robertvaillant, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Odette Vercruysse: Anonymous Unknown author , no author disclosure, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronchin | 19,787 | — | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Faches-Thumesnil | 18,619 | 0.8 | D | C− | D | C |
| Lesquin | 9,600 | 1.3 | C− | D | D− | C+ |
| Lezennes | 2,978 | 1.3 | C | D | D− | C |
| Wattignies | 15,525 | 2.3 | C | C− | C | A− |
| Lille | 238,246 | 2.3 | D | D− | D− | C− |
| Templemars | 3,669 | 2.5 | C+ | D | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #125 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 93 burglaries and 223 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #61 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 99% of 376 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Faidherbe in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,375/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Ronchin grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Ronchin is a commune of 19,787 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.