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2,840 people call this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France home.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Households here earn well: 2.2 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment. Sainghin-en-Mélantois’s overall grade of B− puts it better than 54% of compared French towns, #40 of 189 in Nord. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Where it falls short is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Sainghin-en-Mélantois 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 3 things Sainghin-en-Mélantois does most differently from other towns.
Sainghin-en-Mélantois has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1970.
Sainghin-en-Mélantois has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ferme du Tilleul: Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tumulus dit Mont des Tombes: Photo: Pierre André · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainghin-en-Mélantois.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.18/m² a month, higher than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Sainghin-en-Mélantois: 90 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 93% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,306/m² | 84 |
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.
Adjusted mortality in Sainghin-en-Mélantois: 107 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 207 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 223, 7% more. Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Sainghin-en-Mélantois can choose among 8 GPs.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
The jobless rate is 5.9%. 4.4% of Sainghin-en-Mélantois’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.2 mi away. Its schools’ results rank #50 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Arthur RimbaudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 89%−1 pt |
| Lycée Saint-Adrien PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 270 | 100%±0 pts |
| Collège Charlemagne PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 170 | 100%+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.
Among the classé monuments in Sainghin-en-Mélantois is Tumulus dit Mont des Tombes. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. The protected list starts in Antiquity. Just over one in ten homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Police and gendarmerie figures for Sainghin-en-Mélantois show 41 offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.5 cases of violence against people and 15.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Jobs outnumber working residents in Sainghin-en-Mélantois (2,900 to 1,300): it draws people in from around. In 2025, vehicle theft led the graded crimes locally.
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 and 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, 13.1% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Aged 15 to 24: 9.4% of residents. 19% are under 15, about level with Nord’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). Ages in Sainghin-en-Mélantois split evenly at 44: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Sainghin-en-Mélantois | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 13% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 59% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Sainghin-en-Mélantois. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de plein air de Villeneuve-d'Ascq4.1 km north, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
MuseumMémorial Ascq 19443.7 km north, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
AttractionVilla Gabrielle4.4 km north, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
MuseumMusée du Terroir de Villeneuve-d'Ascq4.5 km north, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
MuseumForum départemental des sciences de Villeneuve-d'Ascq4.3 km northwest, in Villeneuve-d'AscqPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Sainghin-en-Mélantois.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Sainghin-en-Mélantois is a commune of 2,840 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainghin-en-Mélantois | 2,840 | — | B− | D | B | D |
| Chéreng | 3,078 | 2.4 | A | D | A | A− |
| Fretin | 3,214 | 2.5 | B | D | C+ | C |
| Lesquin | 9,600 | 2.5 | C− | D | D− | C+ |
| Cysoing | 4,839 | 2.6 | A | C | A− | B+ |
| Lezennes | 2,978 | 3.1 | C | D | D− | C |
| Villeneuve-d'Ascq | 62,868 | 3.2 | D | D | D− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #60 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #50 of 195 in Nord. 100% of 270 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Adrien in 2025, at 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 Sainghin-en-Mélantois 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 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.
