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The town, home to 1,338 people, lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Schools do well (A): brevet results 0.7 points above the expected rate. Where it falls short is walkability (C−). Cost of living is weaker too (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few residents are of retirement age: 12% are 65 or over.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Wannehain 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 Wannehain does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Wannehain 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.
Wannehain 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 Wannehain as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pyramide de Fontenoy, in Cysoing, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wannehain.
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, below Nord’s towns (12%) and close to compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 47% of adults. The median resident of Wannehain is 37.9 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Wannehain | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 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 town’s pupils have a collège 2.2 mi away. General-bac pupils go 3.8 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 213 | 99%+2 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.
At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 47 residents of Wannehain died, against 64 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Wannehain is Centre hospitalier Victor Provo Roubaix, 8.5 mi away.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Unemployment stood at 6.9%, lower than both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 6.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Wannehain has 100 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.85/m² a month, above Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. 30 houses and apartments changed hands in Wannehain from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,226/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Wannehain 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 Wannehain yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Wannehain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 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 higher than in most compared French towns, so Wannehain grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Wannehain is a commune of 1,338 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
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.