What is the highest city in Nord?

Fourmies, at 217 m, ahead of Jeumont (156 m).

What is the lowest city in Nord?

Coudekerque-Branche, at 3 m. 54 cities of Nord are measured here.

Where does Fourmies stand in France?

235 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Nord?

Fourmies (217 m), Jeumont (156 m), Hautmont (155 m), Maubeuge (144 m), Caudry (121 m). The whole table is on this page.

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The highest cities in Nord

Fourmies is the highest city in Nord, at 217 m, ahead of Jeumont (156 m) and Hautmont (155 m). At the other end, Coudekerque-Branche is the lowest city, at 3 m.

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The 54 cities of Nord ranked on altitude
Rank	City	Altitude	Population
1	Fourmies	217 m	11,449
2	Jeumont	156 m	10,160
3	Hautmont	155 m	14,152
4	Maubeuge	144 m	28,767
5	Caudry	121 m	13,833
6	Cambrai	64 m	31,134
7	Marly (59)	49 m	11,995
8	Faches-Thumesnil	47 m	18,619
9	Douchy-les-Mines	47 m	10,109
10	Mouvaux	45 m	13,369
11	Ronchin	40 m	19,787
12	Tourcoing	36 m	98,772
13	Denain	36 m	20,665
14	Hem	36 m	18,582
15	Wattignies	36 m	15,525
16	Anzin	36 m	13,183
17	Neuville-en-Ferrain	36 m	10,002
18	Mons-en-Barœul	35 m	21,105
19	Croix	35 m	20,566
20	Saint-Saulve	34 m	10,947
21	Valenciennes	32 m	43,468
22	Seclin	32 m	13,261
23	Roubaix	31 m	98,286
24	Loos	30 m	22,567
25	Roncq	30 m	14,075
26	Lys-lez-Lannoy	30 m	14,050
27	Vieux-Condé	29 m	10,617
28	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	28 m	62,868
29	Hazebrouck	28 m	21,912
30	Wasquehal	28 m	20,726
31	Lille	27 m	238,246
32	Wattrelos	27 m	40,847
33	Bailleul	27 m	14,732
34	Somain	27 m	11,766
35	La Madeleine	26 m	21,790
36	Raismes	26 m	12,199
37	Marcq-en-Barœul	25 m	40,184
38	Halluin	25 m	20,715
39	Douai	24 m	40,250
40	Sin-le-Noble	24 m	16,076
41	Annœullin	23 m	10,847
42	Lambersart	22 m	27,090
43	Haubourdin	22 m	15,074
44	Bruay-sur-l'Escaut	22 m	11,644
45	Saint-Amand-les-Eaux	19 m	15,974
46	Saint-André-lez-Lille	19 m	13,233
47	Marquette-lez-Lille	19 m	12,622
48	Wambrechies	19 m	11,012
49	Comines	18 m	12,731
50	Armentières	16 m	26,998
51	Dunkerque	5 m	86,263
52	Gravelines	5 m	11,430
53	Grande-Synthe	4 m	20,239
54	Coudekerque-Branche	3 m	20,787

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

4 questions about this ranking

What is the highest city in Nord?: Fourmies, at 217 m, ahead of Jeumont (156 m).
What is the lowest city in Nord?: Coudekerque-Branche, at 3 m. 54 cities of Nord are measured here.
Where does Fourmies stand in France?: 235 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Nord?: Fourmies (217 m), Jeumont (156 m), Hautmont (155 m), Maubeuge (144 m), Caudry (121 m). The whole table is on this page.