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A town of 1,197 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Jobs and pay hold up well (B+): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €1,887/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mormal. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Villers-Pol 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 one thing Villers-Pol does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villers-Pol 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.
Villers-Pol 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 Villers-Pol as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison Verley, dit maison-plante, maison bouteille ou maison fleur, in Sebourg, 3.7 mi away.
25% 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 Villers-Pol.
Unemployment stood at 6.2%, below Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.9% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Villers-Pol is Polyclinique Vauban, 6.8 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 104 residents of Villers-Pol died, against 113 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. 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 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Villers-Pol, 94.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Eugène ThomasNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 214 | 84%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Eugène ThomasNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 181 | 98%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,887/m², comes from 63 sales of houses and apartments in Villers-Pol from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.16/m² a month, below Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses were 98% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,897/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
24% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 16% of residents. The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Villers-Pol | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Villers-Pol. Best known first.
Nothing in Villers-Pol 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 Villers-Pol 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-Pol | 1,197 | — | — | B | — | C+ |
| Le Quesnoy | 4,878 | 2.7 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes | 7,080 | 5.1 | D | C+ | C | D |
| Marly | 11,995 | 5.1 | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Maing | 3,954 | 5.8 | C | B− | A | D |
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 6,019 | 6.3 | D | B− | C− | D− |
| Saint-Saulve | 10,947 | 6.4 | C | C− | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villers-Pol 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 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 42% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 181 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Eugène Thomas in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,887/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villers-Pol grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Villers-Pol is a commune of 1,197 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mormal. 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 November 4, 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.