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A town of 2,914 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Thiant grades D− overall: better than 4% of compared French towns, and #170 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,613/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% 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 one thing Thiant does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Thiant 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 Thiant as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Castel des Prés, in Maing, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thiant.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Thiant comes above both Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 273 residents of Thiant died, against 205 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 33% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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.
For Thiant, that is below both Nord’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Jacques RousseauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 123 | 89%−3 pts |
| Lycée Alfred KastlerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 135 | 90%−2 pts |
| Collège TurgotBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 91 | 69%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Thiant sits below both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Thiant has 850 jobs for 1,300 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Thiant below both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 12% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Thiant | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,613/m², close to Nord’s towns (€1,810/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,612/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 63 offenses in the graded categories in Thiant in 2025. For armed robbery and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 9.4% of the index here.
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
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Thiant. Best known first.
Nothing in Thiant is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Thiant.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thiant | 2,914 | — | D− | C | B− | D− |
| Maing | 3,954 | 1.7 | C | B− | A | D |
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 6,019 | 2.5 | D | B− | C− | D− |
| Douchy-les-Mines | 10,109 | 2.5 | D− | B− | C | D− |
| Denain | 20,665 | 2.9 | D− | B+ | D− | D− |
| Hérin | 4,169 | 3.3 | D | B− | C+ | D− |
| La Sentinelle | 3,103 | 3.3 | D− | B− | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #76 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 8% of compared French towns and #184 of 195 in Nord. 90% of 135 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Alfred Kastler in 2025, 2 points 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 €12.06/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Thiant grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Thiant is a commune of 2,914 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. 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.