Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 7,758 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Wavrin grades C+ overall: better than 42% of compared French towns, and #61 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,502/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2.1 points above the expected rate.
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 Wavrin 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Wavrin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Piat, in Seclin, 4.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit in and near Wavrin. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wavrin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 539 deaths in Wavrin from 2016 to 2025; there were 576, 7% more. Adjusted for age and care homes, Wavrin records 107 deaths per 100 expected, close to Nord’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). Life expectancy at birth in Nord is 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 8 GPs practise in the town.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 80% of 102 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Its collèges and lycées rank #22 of 195 in Nord on results. At the three general lycées, 99% of 1,025 candidates passed the bac, 0.7 points above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léon BlumNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 91%±0 pts |
| Lycée Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 335 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Albert BallBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 129 | 95%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
17.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 3,500 residents in work, Wavrin has 1,750 jobs: 0.5 each. Households’ median disposable income: €26,660 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.
The median price, €2,502/m², comes from 234 sales of houses and apartments in Wavrin from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.70/m² a month, higher than Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,512/m² | 231 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, about level with Nord’s towns (19%) and below compared French towns (22%). Typical age in Wavrin: 42.3, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Wavrin | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
All told, Wavrin had 185 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13.7 (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Wavrin (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Wavrin 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 Wavrin yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wavrin | 7,758 | — | C+ | C− | B− | D |
| Sainghin-en-Weppes | 5,638 | 1.8 | B+ | C− | A− | C |
| Santes | 5,652 | 2 | A | D | A− | A |
| Allennes-les-Marais | 3,545 | 2.2 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| Houplin-Ancoisne | 3,326 | 2.4 | B | C− | B | B |
| Gondecourt | 4,148 | 2.5 | A | C+ | B | B |
| Annœullin | 10,847 | 2.9 | C | C | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #74 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 58 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns and #22 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 100% of 335 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Sainte-Marie in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,502/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Wavrin grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Wavrin is a commune of 7,758 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
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 October 30, 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.