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The town has 410 residents and lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.

Is Saint-Momelin a good place to live?

Saint-Momelin is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Saint-Momelin’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Momelin’s story

No historic monuments in Saint-Momelin

The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Momelin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Sépulcre, in Saint-Omer, 3 mi away.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Momelin.

Who lives here

Few people in Saint-Momelin are 15 to 24: 8.2%, fewer than in Nord’s towns and across compared French towns

One measure of family life: 20% of residents are under 15. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, lower than both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Saint-Momelin has a median age of 39.7.

39.7median age
Saint-MomelinNord medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Momelin
Saint-MomelinNord medianFrance median
Under 1520%19%17%
15–248.2%12%11%
25–4427%24%23%
45–6425%25%26%
65+20%19%22%
No diploma19%23%19%
CAP or BEP28%26%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education23%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Saint-Momelin, 9.1%, runs below Nord’s towns and compared French towns

The median disposable income was €22,670 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). 50 jobs are based in Saint-Momelin, for 150 working residents (0.2 per worker). At the census, 6.1% of working residents in Saint-Momelin didn’t travel to work at all.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
On foot5%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Saint-Momelin, 0.2 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

97.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 4.4 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 2.9 mi away.

97%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Momelin97.2%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Saint-Momelin97.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Notre-Dame de Sion PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège7799%+5 pts
Lycée général Notre-Dame de Sion PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée9797%−1 pt
Collège EsplanadeBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège11696%+4 pts
97%
passed the general and technological bac, −1 pt against the expected rate
97.2%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4.4 pts against the expected rate
2.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Saint-Momelin costs less than in Nord’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.43/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Saint-Momelin recorded 12 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.90/m² a month.

€10.43/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Momelin€10.43/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Nord median€11.81/m²
€10.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.51 to €12.79/m² a month)
€8.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Abbaye de Watten and 7 more in and around Saint-Momelin

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Momelin. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Saint-Momelin

13pages on Saint-Momelin

Landmarks

Nothing in Saint-Momelin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Saint-Momelin

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Momelin yet.

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Saint-Momelin’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Nord →
WattenSaint-OmerSaint-Martin-lez-TatinghemÉperlecquesLonguenesseArquesWattenSaint-OmerSaint-Martin-lez-TatinghemÉperlecquesLonguenesseArquesSaint-Momelin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Momelin410—————
Watten2,5642.9B+A−A−D
Saint-Omer Pas-de-Calais14,3823C−B−D−D
Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem Pas-de-Calais5,8433.1A−C+A−C+
Éperlecques Pas-de-Calais3,7373.9—B−—D−
Longuenesse Pas-de-Calais10,5484C−C+DD
Arques Pas-de-Calais9,4314.7C−B−C−D−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saint-Momelin

Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France

Saint-Momelin is a commune of 410 people in the Communauté de communes des Hauts de Flandre. 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

Population
410 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Hauts de Flandre
Département
Nord (59)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.3 sq mi (6 km²)
INSEE code
59538

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.