Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 14,075 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Roncq grades C+ overall: better than 40% of compared French towns, and #67 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% 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.
Each subject compares Roncq 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 Roncq as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Joseph, in Roubaix, 3.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Roncq. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du 5 juin 19444.6 km southeast, in Tourcoing
MuseumMUba Eugène-Leroy4 km southeast, in TourcoingGardenGardenParc arboretum du manoir aux loups2.6 km northeast, in HalluinGardenGardenJardin botanique de Tourcoing4.2 km southeast, in TourcoingMuseumMuseumInstitut du Monde Arabe3.6 km southeast, in TourcoingPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roncq.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Roncq, that is above both Nord’s towns (€1,810/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). In Roncq, houses go for €2,723/m² and apartments for €3,048/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,723/m² | 379 |
| Apartments | €3,048/m² | 84 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Roncq sits above both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. 9.6% of the labour force are out of work. Roncq has 6,900 jobs for 6,100 working residents, 1.1 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 411 offenses in the graded categories in Roncq in 2025. Violence against people ran at 5.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 23.9 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Roncq above both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ÉluardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 62 | 79%−9 pts |
| Lycée La Croix Blanche PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 198 | 100%+1 pt |
| EIC-Collège Saint-Gabriel PrivateBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 95 | 95%+13 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,119 residents of Roncq died, against 1,087 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. Its care home for older people (91 places) counts its residents as Roncq’s; allowing for it, deaths were 5% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
On this, Roncq is above both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Roncq | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Roncq is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
11 notable people were born in Roncq.
Émile Destombes: Valleguidonensis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · William Dutoit: Gerrit Jacobs, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Anaïs Leleux: Edouard Marchal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jules Leurent: Unknown author Unknown author, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roncq | 14,075 | — | C+ | D | C− | C |
| Linselles | 8,161 | 1.8 | A− | D | B | B |
| Neuville-en-Ferrain | 10,002 | 1.9 | B− | C− | C− | B |
| Tourcoing | 98,772 | 2.3 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Halluin | 20,715 | 2.3 | C− | C | C | B− |
| Bousbecque | 4,978 | 2.5 | B+ | C− | B+ | B |
| Bondues | 9,747 | 2.8 | B− | D− | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #131 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 45 burglaries and 160 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns and #37 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 100% of 198 candidates passed the bac at Lycée La Croix Blanche 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.65/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Roncq grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Roncq is a commune of 14,075 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.