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A town of 1,464 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Vicq has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 11.1% unemployment. At the median price of €1,528/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Vicq does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vicq 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 Vicq as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien château des comtes de Hainaut dit "ancien arsenal", in Condé-sur-l'Escaut, 2.7 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Vicq. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vicq.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 82 deaths in Vicq from 2016 to 2025; there were 99, 21% more. Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There is one general practitioner locally.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 3.7 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 109 | 67%−10 pts |
| Collège Jean MacéBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 110 | 85%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 16% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, near Nord’s towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Half of Vicq is older than 39.5, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Vicq | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 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.
Behind the median of €1,528/m²: 37 houses and apartments sold in Vicq between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.39/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,528/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, between Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 2.0% of working residents in Vicq at the census. Households’ median disposable income: €24,440 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The police record for Vicq lists 24 offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.7 violent offenses and 10.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 55.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Vicq is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Vicq as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicq | 1,464 | — | — | B− | — | D− |
| Quarouble | 3,145 | 1.5 | D | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Onnaing | 8,479 | 1.5 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Escautpont | 4,202 | 2.3 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Fresnes-sur-Escaut | 7,354 | 2.3 | D | B+ | C− | D− |
| Crespin | 4,532 | 2.5 | D− | B− | C+ | D− |
| Quiévrechain | 5,949 | 2.8 | D− | B | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vicq has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns. 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 €1,528/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vicq grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Vicq is a commune of 1,464 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole. 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.