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This town in Nord, Hauts-de-France has a population of 2,081.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is schools: brevet results 13 points below the expected rate. It also trails on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 18.8% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Walincourt-Selvigny 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 Walincourt-Selvigny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Walincourt-Selvigny 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.
Walincourt-Selvigny 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 Walincourt-Selvigny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye de Vaucelles, in Les Rues-des-Vignes, 5.1 mi away.
17% 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 Walincourt-Selvigny.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François VillonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 97 | 68%−13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
233 deaths in Walincourt-Selvigny between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 186: 25% above. Life expectancy in Nord: 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Walincourt-Selvigny is Etablissement Public de Sante de Cambrai, 8.1 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners here.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €990/m², comes from 87 sales of houses and apartments in Walincourt-Selvigny from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €990/m² | 87 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 15.9 violent offenses and 11.7 graded property crimes a year. Police and gendarmerie recorded 55 offenses in Walincourt-Selvigny in 2025. The commonest graded crime in the town was family violence (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 · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 15.8% 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.
Half of residents lived on more than €21,970 a year per consumption unit, below both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.4% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 13%, higher than both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Walincourt-Selvigny is 40.7. People 65 and over make up 20% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Walincourt-Selvigny | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 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, heritage and other places to visit in and near Walincourt-Selvigny. Best known first.
Nothing in Walincourt-Selvigny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Walincourt-Selvigny.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walincourt-Selvigny | 2,081 | — | — | A− | C | D− |
| Caudry | 13,833 | 4.8 | D | B+ | D− | D− |
| Masnières | 2,689 | 6.4 | B+ | A− | B | D |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois Aisne | 5,605 | 7.9 | C+ | A+ | D | D− |
| Cambrai | 31,134 | 8.2 | C− | B | D | D |
| Proville | 3,206 | 8.5 | B+ | B+ | A− | C− |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert | 3,562 | 8.8 | C+ | B+ | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D−, better than 0% 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 €990/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Walincourt-Selvigny grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Walincourt-Selvigny is a commune of 2,081 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Caudrésis et du Catésis. 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.