Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,654 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Vendeville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Vendeville 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Vendeville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Rictrude, in Ronchin, 1.9 mi away.
3.3% 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 Vendeville.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.69/m² a month, above Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €12.87/m² a month. The market in Vendeville: 47 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,977/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% of residents are 65 or over, close to Nord’s towns (19%) and below compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 16% of the population. The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Vendeville | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 53% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Vendeville. In Nord, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 90 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 101: 11% below.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.4 mi away. At the two general lycées, 94% of 607 candidates passed the bac, 0.6 points above the expected rate.
| 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
Of those in the labour force, 6.9% are unemployed. At the census, 10.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.5 violent offenses and 16.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie figures for Vendeville show 23 offenses in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 32.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Vendeville. Best known first.
AttractionFort de Seclin2.7 km southwest, in Seclin
AttractionJardin des plantes de Lille4.4 km north, in LilleChâteauChâteauChâteau de Fretin4.6 km southeast, in FretinMuseumMuseumLe Petit Musée4.1 km west, in Noyelles-lès-SeclinGardenGardenJardin du Sud4.7 km northwest, in LilleTheme parkTheme parkL'ile de Tortuga4.7 km north, in LillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Vendeville 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 Vendeville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendeville | 1,654 | — | — | D | — | B− |
| Templemars | 3,669 | 0.9 | C+ | D | C+ | C |
| Faches-Thumesnil | 18,619 | 1.6 | D | C− | D | C |
| Wattignies | 15,525 | 1.7 | C | C− | C | A− |
| Lesquin | 9,600 | 1.8 | C− | D | D− | C+ |
| Ronchin | 19,787 | 2 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Avelin | 2,561 | 2.5 | A− | C | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vendeville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns. 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 Vendeville grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Vendeville is a commune of 1,654 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.