Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,170 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Thumeries grades B+ overall: better than 65% of compared French towns, and #24 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,160/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Thumeries does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Thumeries 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 Thumeries as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre à Antioche, in Tourmignies, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thumeries.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Thumeries records 106 deaths per 100 expected, close to Nord’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 323 residents of Thumeries died, against 306 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% 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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 38 offenses in the graded categories in Thumeries in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Thumeries, criminal damage came up most often (2025). For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft 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, 14.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,160/m², comes from 162 sales of houses and apartments in Thumeries from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,175/m² | 155 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Thumeries is above both Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 18% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Thumeries | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 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.
The bac pass rate near Thumeries is 83.0%, below both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert CamusNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 164 | 90%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Joliot CurieNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 126 | 83%−2 pts |
| Collège Jean de Saint-AubertBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 86 | 87%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Thumeries comes below both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Thumeries has 750 jobs for 1,850 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €27,860 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Thumeries. Best known first.
MuseumFosse n° 2 des mines d'Ostricourt4.6 km west, in LibercourtChâteauChâteauLe château blancin townChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Assignies4 km northeast, in MérigniesMuseumMuseumSalle des Batailles2.8 km east, in Mons-en-PévèleMuseumMuseumCentre Denis Papin - CMCF Oignies4.5 km west, in OigniesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Thumeries is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Thumeries.
Louis Malle: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Ferdinand Béghin: le Point, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thumeries | 4,170 | — | B+ | B+ | A− | D |
| Wahagnies | 2,613 | 1.4 | C+ | B+ | B− | C− |
| Ostricourt | 6,097 | 1.9 | C | A− | C− | C− |
| Libercourt Pas-de-Calais | 7,973 | 2.4 | D | C+ | D | D− |
| Leforest Pas-de-Calais | 7,060 | 2.6 | C | C | B | C− |
| Évin-Malmaison Pas-de-Calais | 4,628 | 2.8 | D | C | C+ | D− |
| Oignies Pas-de-Calais | 10,323 | 2.9 | C− | C+ | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #12 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #126 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,160/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.59/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Thumeries grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Thumeries is a commune of 4,170 people in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. 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.