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Some 5,652 people live in this town, in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
A good place to live, if you can afford it. Santes ranks #3 of 189 in Nord, with an A overall. That leaves it better than 94% of compared French towns. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The trade-off is cost of living (D) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
The one thing Santes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Santes 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Santes; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Santes. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Santes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
401 deaths in Santes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 458: 13% below. 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. 7 GPs practise in the town.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,677/m²: 176 houses and apartments sold in Santes between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,672/m² | 173 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10.6. In all, 72 offenses reached the police record in Santes in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 8.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The median disposable income was €29,810 a year per consumption unit, above Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 3.3% of Santes’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Santes is 94.8%, higher than both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #54 of 195 in Nord on results. A collège lies 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La Sagesse PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 54 | 87%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent BeaupréNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 299 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Le ParcBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 85 | 95%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, below Nord’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
12% of residents are 15 to 24, near Nord’s towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Santes has a median age of 43.7. The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Santes | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Santes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Santes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santes | 5,652 | — | A | D | A− | A |
| Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin | 4,683 | 1.2 | B | D | C | B |
| Haubourdin | 15,074 | 1.5 | C− | C− | C− | C− |
| Emmerin | 3,026 | 1.8 | C+ | C− | B | D |
| Wavrin | 7,758 | 2 | C+ | C− | B− | D |
| Houplin-Ancoisne | 3,326 | 2 | B | C− | B | B |
| Sequedin | 4,675 | 2.4 | C+ | D | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #12 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #54 of 195 in Nord. 97% of 299 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Beaupré in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,677/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Santes grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Santes is a commune of 5,652 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 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.