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A town of 3,182 in Nord, Hauts-de-France. Only 15% of residents are 65 or over.
Salomé grades B− overall: better than 51% of compared French towns, and #43 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 0% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,025/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Salomé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Salomé 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Salomé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Carvin, 6 mi away.
4.1% 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 Salomé.
31% of adults hold a degree, above Nord’s towns (26%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 15% of the population. On top of that, people aged 15 to 24 are 9.9% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Salomé | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Salomé’s deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, below Nord’s towns (105) but above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 194 residents of Salomé died, about as many as the 194 expected from France’s death rates at each age. The nearest emergency department to Salomé is Centre hospitalier de Lens, 6.7 mi away. The town has 2 family doctors.
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.
Per resident in work, Salomé counts 0.4 jobs (600 jobs, 1,450 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €25,180 a year per consumption unit, higher than Nord’s towns (€23,900) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.1% of working residents in Salomé didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Salomé was family violence (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 8.1 violent offenses and 8.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. 43 offenses were reported in Salomé during 2025.
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (18.3% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.2 mi off. Its schools’ results rank #73 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert SchweitzerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 184 | 85%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel BoillyNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 103 | 87%−1 pt |
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 88%+6 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, €2,025/m², comes from 124 sales of houses and apartments in Salomé from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €10.13/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.84/m² a month, near both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,025/m² | 124 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Salomé 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 Salomé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salomé | 3,182 | — | B− | C+ | B+ | C− |
| La Bassée | 6,650 | 1.3 | C− | C+ | C− | D |
| Billy-Berclau Pas-de-Calais | 5,093 | 1.7 | B | C | A− | D− |
| Douvrin Pas-de-Calais | 5,867 | 1.7 | C+ | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Violaines Pas-de-Calais | 3,839 | 2.2 | B+ | C | A | D− |
| Haisnes Pas-de-Calais | 4,396 | 2.5 | C+ | C+ | A− | D− |
| Auchy-les-Mines Pas-de-Calais | 4,625 | 2.8 | C− | C+ | C+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #34 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 65% of compared French towns and #73 of 195 in Nord. 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 €2,025/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Salomé grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Salomé is a commune of 3,182 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
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 October 30, 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.