Par Margot Nicodème
Published on 15 Sep 23 at 11:48 See my news Follow Lille News In Lille, the demarcation between wealthy neighborhoods and modest, even poor, neighborhoods is the most marked in the department. ©JB/Lille news
The different districts of a city, municipalities of a metropolis, are partly defined by the populations who live there, and more precisely by their standards of living. The cohabitation of the wealthiest and the poorest constitutes social diversity, and in the North, it is not equally present in the urban centers. This is the subject of an INSEE study, unveiled on September 14.
Of the 6 urban centers identified – Lille, Dunkirk, Valenciennes, Douai, Maubeuge, Cambrai – it appears that Lille is the most segregated territory, that is to say that the differentiation between the well-off and the more modest neighborhoods is the sharper. Conversely, Dunkirk, Valenciennes and Douai are the most mixed.
In Lille, financial affluence in the north
These centers bring together 1.6 million inhabitants; This is 54% of the total population of the North. “Socioeconomic history and the structure of housing can in fact contribute to bringing together the wealthiest populations in certain areas and, on the contrary, to concentrating poorer groups in other neighborhoods,” specifies INSEE. In Lille, therefore, it is established that financial comfort is found in the north of the city, “from Lambersart to Mouvaux”. The area includes La Madeleine, Saint-André-Lez-Lille, Wambrechies, Bondues, Marcq-en-Barœul and Croix.
The populations most in difficulty are concentrated “in the towns of Roubaix, Tourcoing and in the Lille-Sud district”, analyzes the study. Only 19% of the MEL population lives in a mixed neighborhood, that is to say where poor and wealthy populations blend together. 19% of residents live below the poverty line.
1 in 3 residents below the poverty line in Maubeuge
Poverty is most pronounced in Maubeuge, with 30% of residents living below the poverty line. “The apparent diversity of the Maubeuge center hides widespread poverty throughout the territory. One in three residents lives below the poverty line. The large areas of the French Provinces and Épinette are among the poorest in France,” indicates INSEE. Then come Valenciennes (23% of people live in poverty), Douai (22%), Cambrai (20%) and Dunkirk (19%).
It is in Cambrai that the diversity is the greatest, with 38% of well-off and poorer people living together. It is followed by Maubeuge (28%), Douai (26%), Valenciennes (25%) and Dunkirk (24%).
In Valenciennes and Douai, where the inhabitants are the poorest, the median household income is 12% lower than that of the Lille center. “These territories still remain weakened today by the end of the exploitation of coal mines and by the decline of the steel industry,” he explains.
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To see the study in its entirety, including maps of each center colored in red, yellow and gray, depending on whether the neighborhoods are modest, mixed or wealthy, click on this link.
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