Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
3,669 people call this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France home.
A town of contrasts. Cost of living is its weak spot (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes are strong (A): 2.2 jobs per working resident; 9.5% unemployment. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at C+, better than 44% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #58 of 189 in Nord.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Templemars does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Templemars 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 Templemars as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Piat, in Seclin, 2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Templemars.
Unemployment stood at 9.5%, below both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 16.4% of commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Templemars didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.63/m² a month, higher than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up just over four fifths of the homes sold; apartments the rest. 131 houses and apartments changed hands in Templemars from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,712/m² | 106 |
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, Templemars’ deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, between Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 276 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 264, 4% fewer. 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. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Templemars can choose among 2 GPs.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.7 violent offenses and 20.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie recorded 82 offenses in Templemars in 2025. With 3,650 jobs for 1,650 working residents, Templemars draws people in from neighbouring communes. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (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 · For family violence, sexual violence and armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 7.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
16% are under 15, below Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. At 42.8, the median resident of Templemars sits in the middle of the age range. People aged 15 to 24 are 11% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Templemars | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Templemars, 89.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Nord’s towns (90.4%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). Its schools’ results rank #107 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VoltaireNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 139 | 94%+1 pt |
| Lycée FaidherbeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 376 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège Miriam MakebaBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 97 | 84%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, museums and gardens in and near Templemars. Best known first.
AttractionFort de Seclin2.1 km south, in Seclin
AttractionJardin des plantes de Lille4.6 km north, in LilleMuseumMuseumLe Petit Musée2.7 km west, in Noyelles-lès-SeclinGardenGardenJardin du Sud4.5 km north, in LilleChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Avelin4.7 km south, in AvelinMuseumMuseumMusée Grande Guerre et Artillerie2.1 km south, in SeclinPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Templemars 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 Templemars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templemars | 3,669 | — | C+ | D | C+ | C |
| Wattignies | 15,525 | 1.1 | C | C− | C | A− |
| Faches-Thumesnil | 18,619 | 1.8 | D | C− | D | C |
| Seclin | 13,261 | 2.1 | C− | C− | D− | D |
| Ronchin | 19,787 | 2.5 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Lesquin | 9,600 | 2.6 | C− | D | D− | C+ |
| Emmerin | 3,026 | 2.7 | C+ | C− | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #88 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #107 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 99% of 376 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Faidherbe in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Templemars grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Templemars is a commune of 3,669 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.