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A town of 1,718 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Spycker has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Spycker 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 Spycker as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Omer, in Brouckerque, 1.7 mi away.
3.2% 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 Spycker.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 41 sales of houses and apartments in Spycker from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,810/m² for the median of compared towns in Nord.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,189/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Spycker’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, below Nord’s towns (105) but above compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Spycker below both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maxence Van Der MeerschNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 98 | 78%±0 pts |
| Lycée du NoordoverNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 237 | 93%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel de l'automobile et du transportBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 110 | 90%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
On this, Spycker is above both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Spycker | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
In the comparison, Spycker comes below both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Spycker. Best known first.
MuseumPalais de l'univers et des sciences de Cappelle-la-Grande4.2 km northeast, in Cappelle-la-GrandeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Steenbourg4.6 km southeast, in SteeneMuseumMuseumPalais de l'Univers et des Sciences4.2 km northeast, in Cappelle-la-GrandePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Spycker 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 Spycker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spycker | 1,718 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Cappelle-la-Grande | 7,839 | 2.8 | C− | C+ | B+ | D |
| Grande-Synthe | 20,239 | 3.2 | D | B− | C | D− |
| Coudekerque-Branche | 20,787 | 4.6 | C− | C | B− | D |
| Loon-Plage | 5,952 | 4.8 | C | B− | B+ | D− |
| Bergues | 3,525 | 4.9 | B | C | B | D |
| Dunkerque | 86,263 | 5 | D | C− | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Spycker has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns. 93% of 237 candidates passed the bac at Lycée du Noordover in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.44/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Spycker grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Spycker is a commune of 1,718 people in the Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque. 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.