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Some 7,266 people live in this town, in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Work and incomes lag: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 24.2% unemployment. Taken together, its subjects give Waziers a D overall, better than 6% of compared French towns. That places it #159 of 189 in Nord. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A): 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €1,243/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. It lags on health as well (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Crime is the sore point: an average of 15.3 recorded violent incidents and 20 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Waziers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Waziers 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Waziers counts 4 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2009.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Waziers. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Chartreuse2.6 km southwest, in Douai
MuseumMusée archéologique Arkéos3.1 km northeast, in DouaiAttractionAttractionBeffroi de Douai2.7 km southwest, in DouaiAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye des Prés de Douai2.1 km southwest, in DouaiFortFortFort de Scarpe1.2 km northwest, in DouaiAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Beaulieu1.4 km southeast, in Sin-le-NoblePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Waziers.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Waziers. 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 542 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 628, 16% more.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Police and gendarmerie figures for Waziers show 278 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (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 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €18,410 a year. 16.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #155 of 195 in Nord on results. At the seven general lycées, 94% of 1,352 candidates passed the bac, 1.2 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Romain RollandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 85%+10 pts |
| Lycée Albert ChâteletNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 307 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Docteur Ernest SchaffnerBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 122 | 92%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 14% of residents. Ages in Waziers split evenly at 37.6: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Waziers | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 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.
Behind the median of €1,243/m²: 172 houses and apartments sold in Waziers between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 172 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,243/m² | 172 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 20th century. Among the classé monuments in Waziers is Église Notre-Dame des Mineurs. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.2% of the total, above Nord’s towns (6.3%) and close to compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On the Culture ministry’s list, Waziers counts 4 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second.
5 notable people were born in Waziers.
Georges Pretre: Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waziers | 7,266 | — | D | B | D | D |
| Douai | 40,250 | 1.3 | D− | C+ | D− | D |
| Sin-le-Noble | 16,076 | 1.6 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Roost-Warendin | 5,956 | 2.1 | D− | C | B− | D− |
| Flers-en-Escrebieux | 5,424 | 2.1 | D− | C+ | D | D |
| Lallaing | 6,287 | 2.4 | C | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Dechy | 5,338 | 2.4 | D− | B− | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #157 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 105 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns and #155 of 195 in Nord. 98% of 307 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Albert Châtelet in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,243/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Waziers grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Waziers is a commune of 7,266 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. 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.