Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
5,426 people live in this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Strong in places, weak in others. Its best grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Safety is another plus — an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 12.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 12.4% unemployment. The overall grade comes out at B−, #42 of 189 in Nord. On that grade it does better than 53% of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Wervicq-Sud 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 Wervicq-Sud as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Chrysole, in Comines, 1.9 mi away.
3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wervicq-Sud.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €2,673/m², above both Nord’s towns (€1,810/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Apartments in Wervicq-Sud sell for €2,579/m², houses for €2,726/m². Houses were three quarters of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,726/m² | 103 |
| Apartments | €2,579/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Wervicq-Sud has 4 family doctors. In Nord, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 345 residents of Wervicq-Sud died, against 348 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer.
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.
12.4% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Nord’s towns (13.2%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 9.0% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17% of residents are 65 or over, below Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The age that splits Wervicq-Sud in two is 39.8. Among adults, 31% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Wervicq-Sud | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
The police record for Wervicq-Sud lists 95 offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Wervicq-Sud (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 · Small counts of sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 3.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 4.4 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #90 of 195 in Nord. For collège, the closest is 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Philippe de CommynesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 82 | 74%−6 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 59 | 78%−1 pt |
| Collège Henri MatisseBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 79 | 99%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Wervicq-Sud. Best known first.
Nothing in Wervicq-Sud is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
6 notable people were born in Wervicq-Sud.
Pierre Messiaen: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wervicq-Sud | 5,426 | — | B− | C− | B+ | A− |
| Bousbecque | 4,978 | 1.1 | B+ | C− | B+ | B |
| Comines | 12,731 | 2 | C | C− | B− | C− |
| Linselles | 8,161 | 2.6 | A− | D | B | B |
| Halluin | 20,715 | 3.4 | C− | C | C | B− |
| Roncq | 14,075 | 3.5 | C+ | D | C− | C |
| Quesnoy-sur-Deûle | 6,805 | 4.5 | C+ | D | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #38 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #90 of 195 in Nord. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Wervicq-Sud grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Wervicq-Sud is a commune of 5,426 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 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.