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2,804 people call this town in Nord, Hauts-de-France home.
What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Wignehies grades C− overall, better than just over a fifth of compared French towns. It ranks #112 of 189 in Nord. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 21.1% unemployment. Housing is within reach (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add walkability to its strengths (B+) — 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Wignehies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Wignehies 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 Wignehies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Construction adossée à l'église, in Sémeries, 7.3 mi away.
30% 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 Wignehies.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Wignehies have one GP on hand. 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, 497 residents of Wignehies died, against 299 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 66% 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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes du Sud Avesnois. Half the homes sold went for more than €864/m², below Nord’s towns (€1,810/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Sales in Wignehies from July 2023 to June 2026: 101 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €864/m² | 101 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 14 cases of violence against people and 16.4 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie recorded 85 offenses in Wignehies in 2025. The commonest graded crime here 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 vehicle theft 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, 5.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The median disposable income was €19,990 a year per consumption unit, below Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 8.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 19%, close to Nord’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 11% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Wignehies | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 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.
By results, schools here place #109 of 195 in Nord. Collège pupils travel 1.5 mi to the nearest one. At the lycées within 5 km of Wignehies, 91.3% passed the bac, close to Nord’s towns (90.4%) and below compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Camille ClaudelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 52 | 79%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Camille ClaudelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 123 | 97%+4 pts |
| Institution Saint-Pierre PrivateBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 43 | 93%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Wignehies. Best known first.
Nothing in Wignehies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Wignehies.
Quentin Tanis: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wignehies | 2,804 | — | C− | A | C− | D− |
| Fourmies | 11,449 | 1.9 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Anor | 3,099 | 4.6 | C+ | A− | B+ | D− |
| Trélon | 2,604 | 5.2 | D | B+ | C− | D |
| Sains-du-Nord | 2,755 | 5.4 | C− | A− | C+ | D |
| Hirson Aisne | 8,469 | 7.3 | C− | A− | D− | D |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 4,012 | 8.4 | C+ | A | D− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #135 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #109 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 97% of 123 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Camille Claudel in 2025, 4 points above 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 Wignehies grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Wignehies is a commune of 2,804 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud Avesnois. 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.