What is the youngest city in Nord?

Lille, at 34.8 years, ahead of Roubaix (35.0 years).

What is the oldest city in Nord?

Cambrai, at 44.4 years. 54 cities of Nord are measured here.

Where does Lille stand in France?

26 of the 1,102 French cities measured on mean age. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Nord?

Lille (34.8 years), Roubaix (35.0 years), Loos (36.3 years), Denain (36.3 years), Tourcoing (37.1 years). The whole table is on this page.

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In Nord · INSEE, recensement de la population

The youngest cities in Nord

Lille is the youngest city in Nord, at 34.8 years, ahead of Roubaix (35.0 years) and Loos (36.3 years). At the other end, Cambrai is the oldest city, at 44.4 years.

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The 54 cities of Nord ranked on mean age
Rank	City	Mean age	Population
1	Lille	34.8 years	238,246
2	Roubaix	35.0 years	98,286
3	Loos	36.3 years	22,567
4	Denain	36.3 years	20,665
5	Tourcoing	37.1 years	98,772
6	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	37.4 years	62,868
7	Grande-Synthe	37.9 years	20,239
8	Bruay-sur-l'Escaut	38.2 years	11,644
9	Armentières	38.3 years	26,998
10	Mons-en-Barœul	38.3 years	21,105
11	Marquette-lez-Lille	38.3 years	12,622
12	Anzin	38.4 years	13,183
13	Ronchin	38.9 years	19,787
14	Hautmont	38.9 years	14,152
15	Faches-Thumesnil	39.2 years	18,619
16	Douchy-les-Mines	39.3 years	10,109
17	La Madeleine	39.4 years	21,790
18	Halluin	39.4 years	20,715
19	Wattrelos	39.5 years	40,847
20	Lys-lez-Lannoy	39.5 years	14,050
21	Jeumont	39.5 years	10,160
22	Valenciennes	39.6 years	43,468
23	Wattignies	39.6 years	15,525
24	Saint-André-lez-Lille	39.6 years	13,233
25	Douai	39.8 years	40,250
26	Annœullin	39.9 years	10,847
27	Raismes	40.1 years	12,199
28	Haubourdin	40.2 years	15,074
29	Croix	40.3 years	20,566
30	Sin-le-Noble	40.3 years	16,076
31	Seclin	40.4 years	13,261
32	Comines	40.4 years	12,731
33	Vieux-Condé	40.5 years	10,617
34	Marly (59)	40.7 years	11,995
35	Gravelines	40.7 years	11,430
36	Somain	41.0 years	11,766
37	Maubeuge	41.1 years	28,767
38	Hem	41.1 years	18,582
39	Lambersart	41.2 years	27,090
40	Wasquehal	41.4 years	20,726
41	Wambrechies	41.4 years	11,012
42	Roncq	41.5 years	14,075
43	Marcq-en-Barœul	41.7 years	40,184
44	Coudekerque-Branche	42.2 years	20,787
45	Fourmies	42.2 years	11,449
46	Saint-Amand-les-Eaux	42.3 years	15,974
47	Caudry	42.3 years	13,833
48	Neuville-en-Ferrain	42.4 years	10,002
49	Mouvaux	42.7 years	13,369
50	Hazebrouck	42.9 years	21,912
51	Dunkerque	43.3 years	86,263
52	Saint-Saulve	43.3 years	10,947
53	Bailleul	43.9 years	14,732
54	Cambrai	44.4 years	31,134

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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 youngest city in Nord?: Lille, at 34.8 years, ahead of Roubaix (35.0 years).
What is the oldest city in Nord?: Cambrai, at 44.4 years. 54 cities of Nord are measured here.
Where does Lille stand in France?: 26 of the 1,102 French cities measured on mean age. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Nord?: Lille (34.8 years), Roubaix (35.0 years), Loos (36.3 years), Denain (36.3 years), Tourcoing (37.1 years). The whole table is on this page.