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A town in Nord, Hauts-de-France, home to 1,923 people.
Sailly-lez-Lannoy’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is strong on jobs & income as well — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns (C−): bac results 1.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.8 points above the expected rate.
Figures: 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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Sailly-lez-Lannoy 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 Sailly-lez-Lannoy 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.
Sailly-lez-Lannoy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Sailly-lez-Lannoy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Sailly-lez-Lannoy; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 2008.
Sailly-lez-Lannoy has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ferme de Meurchin: Photo: Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sailly-lez-Lannoy.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.85/m² a month, higher than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 69 houses and apartments changed hands in Sailly-lez-Lannoy from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,356/m² | 69 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Sailly-lez-Lannoy. Life expectancy at birth in Nord is 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 138 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 104, 25% fewer.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Sailly-lez-Lannoy, 82.1% passed the brevet, below both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Vocational results within 5 km: 61% passed the bac pro, of 28 candidates. The nearest collège is 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Raymond DevosNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 77%−6 pts |
| Lycée Maxence Van Der MeerschNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 178 | 89%−1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Michel PrivateBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 129 | 85%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
9.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 6.7%. At the census, 4.4% of working residents in Sailly-lez-Lannoy didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sailly-lez-Lannoy has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.3% of residents, lower than both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 19%. Half of Sailly-lez-Lannoy is older than 45.3, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Sailly-lez-Lannoy | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 55% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
2025 saw 18 offenses recorded in Sailly-lez-Lannoy. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.9 cases of violence against people and 15.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, 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, 28.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Sailly-lez-Lannoy. Best known first.
MuseumVilla Cavrois4.7 km northwest, in Croix
MuseumMusée de plein air de Villeneuve-d'Ascq4 km southwest, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
MuseumLa Manufacture, musée de la mémoire et de la création textile4.4 km northwest, in Roubaix
MuseumMémorial Ascq 19444.9 km southwest, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
MuseumParc archéologique Asnapio4.9 km west, in Villeneuve-d'AscqMonastery or conventMonastery or conventAncien carmel d'Ascq4.6 km southwest, in Villeneuve-d'AscqPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Sailly-lez-Lannoy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Sailly-lez-Lannoy is a commune of 1,923 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sailly-lez-Lannoy | 1,923 | — | — | D | — | A− |
| Toufflers | 3,957 | 0.9 | C− | C− | B− | C |
| Willems | 2,941 | 1.3 | C+ | D | B | B+ |
| Hem | 18,582 | 1.8 | C | D | C | B+ |
| Lys-lez-Lannoy | 14,050 | 1.8 | D | C− | C− | C |
| Baisieux | 5,545 | 2.4 | A− | D | A− | B− |
| Leers | 9,521 | 2.6 | C− | C− | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sailly-lez-Lannoy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns. 89% of 178 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Maxence Van Der Meersch in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sailly-lez-Lannoy grades D 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 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.