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Home to 2,755 people, this town lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Sains-du-Nord’s weakest subject is jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 21.0% unemployment. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at C−, #102 of 189 in Nord. That leaves it better than 24% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
The 2 things Sains-du-Nord does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sains-du-Nord 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 Sains-du-Nord as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Construction adossée à l'église, in Sémeries, 2 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sains-du-Nord.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Sains-du-Nord. In Nord, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 393 residents of Sains-du-Nord died, against 297 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% more.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.44/m² a month, below both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €6.92/m² a month. Also worth knowing: from July 2023 to June 2026, 83 homes were sold in Sains-du-Nord.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €863/m² | 82 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Sains-du-Nord was family violence (2025). The 2025 count: 59 offenses here. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 15.5 violent offenses and 9.4 graded property crimes a year.
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 · Small counts of burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 11.2% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €20,660 a year per consumption unit. 8.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Sains-du-Nord 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, below Nord’s towns (12%) and close to compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population. Half the people of Sains-du-Nord are older than 43.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Sains-du-Nord | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Sains-du-Nord. Best known first.
Nothing in Sains-du-Nord is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sains-du-Nord yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sains-du-Nord | 2,755 | — | C− | A− | C+ | D |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 4,012 | 4.4 | C+ | A | D− | D− |
| Trélon | 2,604 | 4.7 | D | B+ | C− | D |
| Wignehies | 2,804 | 5.4 | C− | A | C− | D− |
| Fourmies | 11,449 | 5.5 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Anor | 3,099 | 8.2 | C+ | A− | B+ | D− |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries | 8,612 | 11 | D− | B | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #101 of 189 in Nord.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sains-du-Nord grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Sains-du-Nord is a commune of 2,755 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de l'Avesnois. 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 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.