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A town in Nord, Hauts-de-France, home to 1,364 people.
Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 15.3% unemployment. Homes change hands at a median €854/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Viesly has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Viesly does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Viesly 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.
Viesly has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Viesly as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne ancienne, in Inchy, 2.4 mi away.
21% 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 Viesly.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 174 residents of Viesly died, against 135 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. Life expectancy at birth in Nord is 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner in the town.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest. Viesly recorded 49 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €859/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.7 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 66 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 110 | 75%+4 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Michel PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 66 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 150 | 91%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
4.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,340 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Viesly has a median age of 43.4. Under-15s account for 17% of the population. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, about level with Nord’s towns (12%) and above compared French towns (11%).
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Viesly | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and other places to visit in and near Viesly. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la dentelle de Caudry4.8 km southwest, in CaudryMuseumMuseumMusée des dentelles et broderies de Caudry4.8 km southwest, in CaudryAttractionAttractionBorne ancienne3.9 km south, in InchyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Viesly is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Viesly.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viesly | 1,364 | — | — | A | — | D− |
| Solesmes | 4,142 | 2.6 | B | A | C− | D |
| Caudry | 13,833 | 3.1 | D | B+ | D− | D− |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert | 3,562 | 4.6 | C+ | B+ | C+ | D |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis | 6,764 | 4.9 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Haspres | 2,626 | 7.7 | C− | B+ | B+ | D |
| Iwuy | 3,403 | 8.3 | C− | A− | C | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Viesly has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Viesly grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Viesly is a commune of 1,364 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Solesmois. 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.