Solre-le-Château’s best grade is for walkability (A−): just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 16.0% unemployment. Health is weaker too (C−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Solre-le-Château 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.
Each subject compares Solre-le-Château 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Solre-le-Château.
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Solre-le-Château run higher than in 82% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Solre-le-Château’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, near Nord’s towns (105) and higher than compared French towns (88). 186 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 182: 2% above. The nearest emergency department to Solre-le-Château is Ch de Maubeuge Mco, 8.7 mi away. 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.
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Solre-le-Château · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Maubeuge Mco
8.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Maubeuge Mco
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Solre-le-Château has higher unemployment than Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 16.0%
Half of residents lived on more than €22,720 a year per consumption unit, below both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 3.1% of Solre-le-Château’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 4.0% of working residents in Solre-le-Château didn’t travel to work at all.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot6%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
400
jobs based in Solre-le-Château, 0.6 per working resident
16.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,720
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Homes in Solre-le-Château cost less than in both Nord’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,095/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.36/m² a month, lower than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments. The market in Solre-le-Château: 76 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,095/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Solre-le-Château€1,095/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,095/m²
74
€10.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.02 to €13.38/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,920
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur de l'Avesnois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Solre-le-Château is higher than in 60% of compared French towns
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 10.2 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 13.5. Recorded offenses in Solre-le-Château came to 44 in 2025. Also worth knowing: the graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
10.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage26
Family violence13
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Drug use19
Fraud9
Theft without violence6
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.
10.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
44
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
23.4%
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 · Small counts of sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 23.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Old homes shape Solre-le-Château: 26% were built before 1919, more than in both Nord’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Solre-le-Château is Deux menhirs dits Pierre Martine. On the Culture ministry’s list, Solre-le-Château counts 4 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Solre-le-Château than in Nord’s towns or across compared French towns: 22% of adults
24% of residents are 65 or over, above both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 17% of residents. At 43.5, the median resident of Solre-le-Château sits in the middle of the age range.
43.5median age
Solre-le-ChâteauNord medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Solre-le-Château
Are schools in Solre-le-Château good?
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Solre-le-Château expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Solre-le-Château grades B+ for cost of living.
About Solre-le-Château
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Solre-le-Château is a commune of 1,796 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de l'Avesnois. 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.
