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1,599 residents make their home in this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
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. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 24.9% unemployment. It also trails on schools — bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Wavrechain-sous-Denain 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 Wavrechain-sous-Denain does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Wavrechain-sous-Denain 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.
Wavrechain-sous-Denain 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 Wavrechain-sous-Denain as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pyramide commémorative de la bataille de Denain, in Haulchin, 1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wavrechain-sous-Denain.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 135 deaths in Wavrechain-sous-Denain from 2016 to 2025; there were 164, 21% more. In Nord, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Wavrechain-sous-Denain is Hopital de Denain, 1 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 77% of 399 candidates passed at the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km. 83.6% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Wavrechain-sous-Denain, below Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The nearest collège is 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège TurgotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 91 | 69%+7 pts |
| Lycée Alfred KastlerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 135 | 90%−2 pts |
| Collège Félicien JolyBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 87%+16 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 22.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.1 (2023–2025 average). Wavrechain-sous-Denain’s tally for 2025: 46 recorded offenses. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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, 23.3% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 make up 21%, above Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents. The median resident of Wavrechain-sous-Denain is 38.4 years old.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Wavrechain-sous-Denain | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.57/m² a month, lower than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.33/m² a month. Sales in Wavrechain-sous-Denain from July 2023 to June 2026: 48 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,013/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €20,340 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 4.6% of Wavrechain-sous-Denain’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Wavrechain-sous-Denain didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and family days out in and near Wavrechain-sous-Denain. Best known first.
Nothing in Wavrechain-sous-Denain is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Wavrechain-sous-Denain.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wavrechain-sous-Denain | 1,599 | — | — | B | C− | D− |
| Denain | 20,665 | 1.1 | D− | B+ | D− | D− |
| Haveluy | 3,222 | 1.5 | C | B | A | D− |
| Hérin | 4,169 | 2.2 | D | B− | C+ | D− |
| Thiant | 2,914 | 2.2 | D− | C | B− | D− |
| Douchy-les-Mines | 10,109 | 2.3 | D− | B− | C | D− |
| Lourches | 3,734 | 2.9 | D− | B+ | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns. 90% of 135 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Alfred Kastler in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Wavrechain-sous-Denain grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Wavrechain-sous-Denain is a commune of 1,599 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. 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 9, 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.