Saint-Amand-les-Eaux grades low on several counts. At D overall, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux is better than 10% of compared French towns and ranks #141 of 189 in Nord. The weak point is safety: an average of 10.5 recorded violent incidents and 21.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,741/m² costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Amand-les-Eaux 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Hôtel de ville · Classé · Photo: JackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux’s story
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Wikidata records 6 people born in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux before 1900, the earliest Pierre, Mathieu, Philippe, Joseph Dumoulin, in 1765.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux.
Safety
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux sees more crime per resident than 85% of compared French towns
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux has 8,650 jobs for 6,250 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The 2025 count: 596 offenses in the town. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
10.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage241
Other physical violence85
Family violence75
Burglary71
Vehicle theft60
Sexual violence39
Theft from vehicles25
Theft without violence139
Fraud119
Drug use83
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.
10.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
596
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
For walkability, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux ranks above 85% of compared French towns
13.9% of the labour force were unemployed, near Nord’s towns (13.2%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). The census found just over a fifth of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Households’ median disposable income: €23,310 a year per consumption unit.
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
Public transport10%
On foot8%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
8,650
jobs based in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, 1.4 per working resident
13.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 85% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux sees more deaths than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux: 101 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,494 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,100, 41% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Amand-les-Eaux is Centre hospitalier General de Valenciennes, 6.5 mi away. 30 GPs practise here.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw141
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
30
GPs in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier General de Valenciennes
6.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier General de Valenciennes
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
461 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,741/m². A house in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux goes for €1,694/m², an apartment for €2,012/m². Houses made up 93% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€1,741/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux€1,741/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,694/m²
429
Apartments
€2,012/m²
32
€11.40/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.18 to €14.16/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€21,900
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
92.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, a point above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #125 of 195 in Nord. At the two general lycées, 93% of 397 candidates passed the bac, 3.1 points below the expected rate.
93%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
8.8% of its homes were built before 1919, above Nord’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux is Ancienne église abbatiale.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. Saint-Amand-les-Eaux has a median age of 42.7 years. Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here.
42.7median age
Saint-Amand-les-EauxNord medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Is Saint-Amand-les-Eaux safe?
It grades C− for safety, #142 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 71 burglaries and 241 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux good?
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #125 of 195 in Nord. 99% of 154 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame des Anges in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Amand-les-Eaux expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,741/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.40/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Amand-les-Eaux grades C for cost of living.
About Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux is a commune of 15,974 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. 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
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.
