Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
11,012 people live in this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Some subjects shine; others lag. Cost of living is its weak spot — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on safety — an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 18.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs and pay hold up well: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 8.4% unemployment. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at B−, #54 of 189 in Nord. Set against the rest, it does better than 47% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools and B− for health.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Wambrechies 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 2 things Wambrechies does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Wambrechies: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1986.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Wambrechies: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
Ancienne malterie de la distillerie Claeyssens: Photo: Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wambrechies.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.87/m² a month, higher than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The split in Wambrechies: €3,382/m² for houses, €3,659/m² for apartments. Houses were 66% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,382/m² | 285 |
| Apartments | €3,659/m² | 150 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 4.8% of working residents in Wambrechies at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Wambrechies came to 311 in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3 of the 4 are industrial sites. Among the classé monuments in Wambrechies is Distillerie Claeyssens. Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.8%, below both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). 19% of residents are children under 15. The middle age in Wambrechies is 41.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Wambrechies | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 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.
For exam results, it comes #101 of 195 in Nord. A collège lies 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège professeur Albert DebeyreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 79%−9 pts |
| Lycée Yves KernanecNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 247 | 92%−5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 76 | 99%+8 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.
For a family doctor, residents of Wambrechies can choose among 14 GPs. In Nord, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: 855 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 863: 1% below.
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.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Wambrechies. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Poupée et du Jouet Ancien de Wambrechiesin town
MuseumMaison natale de Charles de Gaulle4.7 km south, in Lille
MuseumFort de Bondues2.6 km east, in Bondues
MuseumMusée de la Résistance de Bondues2.7 km east, in BonduesFortFortFort du Vert-Galantin townMuseumMuseumEspace Gutenbergin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
4 notable people were born in Wambrechies.
Marie-Christine Debourse: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 3.0
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Wambrechies is a commune of 11,012 people in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wambrechies | 11,012 | — | B− | D | C+ | B− |
| Marquette-lez-Lille | 12,622 | 1.1 | C | D | C− | C |
| Saint-André-lez-Lille | 13,233 | 1.9 | C | D | C | C |
| Verlinghem | 2,682 | 2.2 | B+ | D− | B | A− |
| Marcq-en-Barœul | 40,184 | 2.3 | B+ | D− | C+ | B+ |
| Bondues | 9,747 | 2.4 | B− | D− | C | B |
| La Madeleine | 21,790 | 2.6 | B− | D | C− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #90 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 65 burglaries and 95 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 55% of compared French towns and #101 of 195 in Nord. 92% of 247 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Yves Kernanec in 2025, 5 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Wambrechies grades D 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.