Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Wahagnies earns a C+, better than 40% of compared French towns. That places it #65 of 189 in Nord. Its strongest is walkability: just over nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying a home costs less than in most towns (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Wahagnies 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 Wahagnies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Mines d'Ostricourt, in Oignies, 1.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Wahagnies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wahagnies.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. After the care-home adjustment, Wahagnies’ deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, close to Nord’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 207 residents of Wahagnies died, against 203 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more.
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.
300 jobs are based in Wahagnies, for 1,150 working residents (0.3 per worker). 10.0% of the labour force were unemployed, below Nord’s towns (13.2%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Also worth knowing: after tax and benefits, the median income is €26,550 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.29/m² a month. 98 houses and apartments changed hands in Wahagnies from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.59/m² a month, near Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,241/m² | 98 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a third of adults hold a degree, above Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Those 65 and older account for nearly a fifth of residents. Typical age in Wahagnies: 41.4, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Wahagnies | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 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 Wahagnies is 83.0%, below Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Ranked by results, schools here are #123 of 195 in Nord. A collège lies 0.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean de Saint-AubertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 86 | 87%+5 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Joliot CurieNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 126 | 83%−2 pts |
| Collège Louis PasteurBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 77 | 90%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 10.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.2 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, 41 offenses were recorded in Wahagnies. Police and gendarmerie recorded 41 offenses in the graded categories here in 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 sexual violence, armed robbery, 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, 14.2% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums and heritage in and near Wahagnies. Best known first.
MuseumFosse n° 2 des mines d'Ostricourt2.7 km southwest, in LibercourtAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Christophe de Phalempin3.8 km north, in PhalempinChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Assignies4.8 km northeast, in MérigniesMuseumMuseumCentre Denis Papin - CMCF Oignies2.7 km southwest, in OigniesMuseumMuseumCentre de la mine et du chemin de fer4.1 km southwest, in OigniesMuseumMuseumSalle des Batailles4.9 km east, in Mons-en-PévèlePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
4 notable people were born in Wahagnies.
Augustin Laurent: Anonymous Unknown author (Keystone France), Public domain
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Wahagnies is a commune of 2,613 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wahagnies | 2,613 | — | C+ | B+ | B− | C− |
| Libercourt Pas-de-Calais | 7,973 | 1.1 | D | C+ | D | D− |
| Thumeries | 4,170 | 1.4 | B+ | B+ | A− | D |
| Ostricourt | 6,097 | 1.8 | C | A− | C− | C− |
| Oignies Pas-de-Calais | 10,323 | 2 | C− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Phalempin | 4,847 | 2.3 | A | C+ | B | B |
| Évin-Malmaison Pas-de-Calais | 4,628 | 3.1 | D | C | C+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #67 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #123 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Wahagnies grades B+ for cost of living.
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.