Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 1,191 people live in this town, in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Saint-Souplet’s strongest subject is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (D−) — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 19.8% unemployment. Schools lag (D): brevet results at the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Souplet 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.
The 2 things Saint-Souplet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Souplet 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.
Saint-Souplet has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Souplet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne brasserie-malterie Lefebvre-Scalabrino, in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 3.4 mi away.
36% 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 Saint-Souplet.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Saint-Souplet. Life expectancy in Nord: 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 106 residents of Saint-Souplet died, against 86 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 3.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 72%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €882/m², comes from 55 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Souplet from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €882/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
3.0% 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%). Median disposable income comes to €21,610 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 21%, above both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents. Typical age in Saint-Souplet: 40, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Souplet | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Souplet 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 Saint-Souplet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Souplet | 1,191 | — | — | A− | — | D− |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis | 6,764 | 3.4 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois Aisne | 5,605 | 5.7 | C+ | A+ | D | D− |
| Caudry | 13,833 | 6.9 | D | B+ | D− | D− |
| Landrecies | 3,407 | 8.6 | C | A+ | C− | D |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand Aisne | 2,890 | 8.8 | A− | A | A | D− |
| Solesmes | 4,142 | 9 | B | A | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Souplet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 13.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €882/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Souplet grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Souplet is a commune of 1,191 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Caudrésis et du Catésis. 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 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.